User:Awkwafaba/Premna microphylla
| Awkwafaba/Premna microphylla | |
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| Premna microphylla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Premna |
| Species: | P. microphylla
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| Premna microphylla | |
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Premna microphylla is a tree[3] in the mint family (Lamiaceae).[2]
Names[edit]
In Japanese it is called ハマクサギ (hamakusagi).[3]
Cách lá nhỏ 臭黃荊 豆腐柴
臭黃荊/小葉臭魚木 stated in Catalogue of Life in Taiwan Catalogue of Life in Taiwan ID 203570 retrieved 3 December 2016
Description[edit]
P. microphylla is a tree[3] and has square, woody, mostly smooth stems and branches.[1] It grows and a nanophanerophyte or phanerophyte.[2]
The leaves are sessile, ovate-lanceolate in shape and tapered near the tip.[1] The leaf margins are serrate from the middle to the apex.[1] Both sides of the leaves are scabrous and covered with very short 'hairs.'[1]
The flowers are hermaphroditic. The 5-part calyx is short and surrounds a funnel-shaped corolla[1] The petals are 0.3–0.4 inches (7.6–10.2 mm) long.[1] The cream-colored and zygomorphic flowers bloom in May and August[3]
Distribution[edit]
The plant is found in southern China,[1][2], central and southern Japan,[2][3] and Taiwan.[2]
Ecology[edit]
The pollination syndrome for P. microphylla is melittophily, with bee and wasp pollinators including Xylocopa amamensis, Cerceris yuwanensis, and Hylaeus insularum.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Turczaninow, Nikolai (1863). Renard (ed.). "Verbenaceae et Myoporaceae Nonnullae Hucusque Indescriptae" [Verbenaceae and Myoporaceae Several Thus Far Undescribed] (PDF). Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou (in Latin). XXXVI (3): 217. OCLC 12176618. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Premna microphylla" (HTML). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Kew: Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Kato, Makoto (31 March 2000). "Anthophilous insect community and plant-pollinator interactions on Amami Islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan". Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University. 29 (2): 157–254. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.861.2315. doi:10.1.1.861.2315 (inactive 20 September 2023). hdl:2433/156116. ISSN 0452-9987. OCLC 997032798.
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