Polyosma

Polyosma cunninghamii

Polyosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family of Escalloniaceae. The Polyosma species occur to north-eastern Australia and New Caledonia in the eastern Himalayas and southern China. The genus includes about 60 species.

Description

The Polyosma species are shrubs or trees. The opposite, stalked, simple leaves have a smooth or toothed margin. The leaves are turning black on drying. Stipules absent.

Are formed terminal, racemose inflorescences. The fragrant, hermaphrodite, radial symmetry flowers are cruciform. The four fused sepals are long lasting. The four petals are fused Roehrig and yellowish - white or green. It's just a circle with four free stamens present; the stamens are hairy. The ovary is inferior. They are single-seeded berries.

Types (selection)

The genus includes about 60 species Polyosma:

  • Polyosma alzapanensis Schulze- Menz: History is in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
  • Polyosma amygdaloides Reeder: History is the Indonesian province of West Papua: Papua.
  • Polyosma aulocarpa Gagnepain: History of Vietnam
  • Polyosma blaoensis O.Lecompte: History of Vietnam
  • Polyosma brachyantha Merrill: History is in Indonesia: Maluku.
  • Polyosma Cambodiana Gagnepain: home are Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and southern Yunnan.
  • Polyosma cunninghamii Benn. Homeland is the Australian New South Wales and Queensland.
  • Polyosma cyanea Elmer: History is in the Philippines, the province of Agusan del Norte.
  • Polyosma dolichocarpa Merrill: History Vietnam.
  • Polyosma gitingensis Elmer: History is in the Philippines, the province of Romblon.
  • Polyosma heliciiformis Kanehira & Hatusima: History is the Indonesian province of West Papua: Papua.
  • Polyosma ilicifolia Flower: History Indonesia: Polyosma ilicifolia flower var ilicifolia
  • Polyosma ilicifolia flower var minor flower

Swell

  • Jin Shuying & Hideaki Ohba: Polyosma in the Flora of China, Volume 8, page 422: Online. (English )
  • KL Wilson & GJ Harden: Entry to New South Wales Flora Online. (English )
Asterids Carl Ludwig Blume Ovary (botany) Berry Maluku (province) Papua New Guinea
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