Paxistima Raf.

Paxistima (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae

Characteristics

Shrubs. Branchlets 4-angled, <with corky ridges>. Leaves persistent, opposite; stipules present; petiole present or absent; blade margins finely toothed; venation pinnate. Inflorescences axillary, cymes or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual, radially symmetric; perianth and androecium perigynous; hypanthium free from ovary; sepals 4, distinct; petals 4, reddish brown to yellowish green; nectary intrastaminal, lining hypanthium, fleshy; stamens 4, adnate to nectary margin; staminodes 0; pistil 2-carpellate; ovary superior, <immersed in and adnate to nectary>, 2-locular, placentation axile; style 1; stigmas 2; ovules 2 per locule. Fruits capsules, 2-locular, ellipsoid or obovoid, apex not beaked. Seeds 1 per locule, ellipsoid or obovoid, not winged; aril yellow or white, surrounding base and 1 side of seed, lacerate or fringed. x = 16.
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Fls perfect, 4-merous; stamens short; ovary bilocular, sunken in the center of the disk; capsule 2-valved; seeds 1 or 2; aril lacerate, whitish; small evergreen shrubs with opposite lvs and small axillary fls. 2, the other in w. U.S. (Pachistima and Pachystima, variant spellings)
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Paxistima world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30123370-2
WFO ID wfo-4000028368
COL ID 6JSX
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Paxistima Pachystima ' Rafin.' Pachistima

Lower taxons

Paxistima canbyi Paxistima myrsinites