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Magnoliopsida
Iresine P. Browne
EOL Text
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:31
Specimens with Sequences:32
Specimens with Barcodes:28
Species:11
Species With Barcodes:10
Public Records:23
Public Species:9
Public BINs:0
Iresine is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.[1] It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the American tropics. The generic name is derived from the Greek word εριος (erios), meaning "wooly", referring to the trichome-covered flowers.[2] Bloodleaf[3] is a common name for those species that have colored foliage, and these are often cultivated as ornamental plants. Some species are additives to versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.
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Selected species
- Iresine angustifolia Euph. – White Snowplant
- Iresine argentata (Mart.) D.Dietr. – Tropical Bloodleaf
- Iresine diffusa Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. (= Iresine celosia, Iresine celosioides, Iresine canescens, Iresine paniculata (L.) Kuntze, Iresine elongata) – Juba's Bush
- Iresine diffusa f. lindenii (=Iresine lindenii Humb. & Bonpl.)
- Iresine elatior
- Iresine flavescens Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. – Yellow Bloodleaf
- Iresine grandiflora
- Iresine herbstii Hook. ex Lindl. – Herbst's Bloodleaf
- Iresine heterophylla Standl. – Standley's Bloodleaf
- Iresine keyensis
- Iresine leptoclada (Hook.f.) Henrickson et Sundberg – Texas shrub
- Iresine macrophylla R.E.Fr. (= Cruzeta celosioides (L.) M.Gómez, Celosia paniculata L., Iresine celosioides L.)
- Iresine palmeri (S.Watson) Standl. – Palmer's Bloodleaf
- Iresine pedicellata Eliasson (Ecuador)
- Iresine polymorpha Mart.
- Iresine rhizomatosa Standl. – Rootstock Bloodleaf[3]
Formerly placed here
- Pfaffia glomerata (A.Spreng.) Pedersen (as I. glomerata A.Spreng.)
- Aerva javanica (Burm.f.) Juss. ex Schult. (as I. javanica Burm.f. or I. persica Burm.f.)[4]
References
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- ^ a b "Genus: Iresine P. Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6070. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=NJ6PyhVuecwC.
- ^ a b "Iresine". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=20814. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Iresine". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6070. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
General references
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Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, petiolate. Inflorescence of small spikes aggregated into panicles. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, white or straw-coloured, very small. Perianth 5-partite; usually woolly in fertile flowers. Stamens 5, united at the base. Fruit a 1-seeded indehiscent utricle.
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Iresine
Hierbas erectas o sarmentosas, arbustos y con menos frecuencia árboles pequeños. Hojas opuestas o subopuestas, pecioladas; láminas simples; estípulas ausentes. Flores unisexuales o bisexuales, pediceladas, agregadas en cimas a lo largo de panículas axilares o terminales; brácteas y bractéolas persistentes. Tépalos 5, con un mechón de pelos en la base de la superficie externa; estambres 5, los filamentos unidos en la base para formar un corto tubo estaminal; apéndices interestaminales presentes o ausentes; ovario súpero, uniovulado, redondeado, los estigmas divididos en 2 ramas alargadas, filiformes, sésiles o subsésiles. Fruto un utrículo membranáceo, subgloboso, circuncísil. Semilla única, globosa o lenticular, lustrosa, desnuda. Género con aproximadamente 40 especies de distribución neotropical.
Iresine
Erect or clambering herbs, shrubs, and less frequently small trees. Leaves opposite or subopposite, petiolate; blades simple; stipules absent. Flowers unisexual or bisexual, pedicellate, clustered in cymes along axillary or terminal panicles; bracts and bracteoles persistent. Tepals 5, with a tuft of hairs at the base on the outer surface; stamens 5, the filaments united at the base to form a short staminal tube; interstaminal appendages present or absent; ovary superior, uniovulate, rounded, the stigmas divided in 2 elongate, filiform branches, sessile or subsessile. Fruit a membranaceous, subglobose, circumscissile utricle. Seed solitary, globose or lenticular, shiny, naked. A genus of approximately 40 species of neotropical distribution.
Depth range based on 10 specimens in 2 taxa.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 1
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0.5 - 1
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