Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America. For other uses, see Genus (disambiguation). ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ... Genera See text. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Description

It consists in dioecious climbers or rarely erect trees or shrubs (Abuta concolor) with simple leaves. Flowers in composed panicles. Male flowers: sepals 6, in 2 whorls, petals absent, stamens 6, connate or free, introrse, anthers with a longitudinal or transverse dehiscence. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male, staminodes 6, carpels 3, drupes ovoid, endocarp woody, condyle septiform, endosperm ruminate, embryo curved, cotyledons appressed. it is in the tropical rain forest. In biology, Dioecious is an adjective which indicates the exisistence of separate sexes in a species of organisms. ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... Look up foliage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Flower (disambiguation). ... White-fruited Rowan (Sorbus glabrescens) corymb; note the branched structures holding the fruits. ... Close-up of an Echinopsis spachiana flower, showing both carpels and stamen, making it a complete flower. ... Flower of the Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia octovalvis) showing petals and sepals A sepal is one member or part of the calyx of a flower. ... Look up whorl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... It has been suggested that Corolla be merged into this article or section. ... Stamens of the Amaryllis with prominent anthers carrying pollen Insects, while collecting nectar, unintentionally transfer pollen from one flower to another, bringing about pollination The stamen (from Latin stamen meaning thread of the warp) is the male organ of a flower. ... Flower of the spider tree (Crateva religiosa) with its numerous conspicuous stamens The stamen is the male organ of a flower. ... Close-up of an Echinopsis spachiana flower, showing both carpels and stamen, making it a complete flower. ... In botany, a staminode is an often rudimentary, sterile or abortive stamen. ... Amaryllis style and stigmas A carpel is the outer, often visible part of the female reproductive organ of a flower; the basic unit of the gynoecium. ... The peach is a typical drupe (stone fruit) In botany, a drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp or skin and mesocarp or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. ... Endocarp is the hard inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed. ... Categories: Move to Wiktionary | Anatomy stubs ... Endosperm is the tissue produced in the seeds of most flowering plants around the time of fertilization. ... For other uses, see Embryo (disambiguation). ... For the plant genus, see Cotyledon (genus). ...

Taxonomy

Abuta is usually classified in the tribe Anomospermeae Miers, together with Anomospermum Miers. In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic classification in between family and genus. ... Species Actephila australis Actephila foetida Actephila gitingensis Actephila inopinata Actephila merrilliana Actephila siamensis etc. ...

Synonymy

The genera Anelasma Miers and Batschia Thunb. have been brought into synonymy with Abuta. Carl Peter Thunberg (November 11, 1743 - August 8, 1828) was a Swedish naturalist. ... In scientific classification, synonymy is the existence of multiple systematic names to label the same organism. ...

Uses

Abuta is one of the components of the arrow poison curare of some indigenous tribes of South America (especially Abuta imene from Colombia). Roots of Abuta rufescens are used as medicinal in diseases of the urogenital tract, but it is dangerous.^[1] Strychnos toxifera by Koehler 1887 This page is about the plant toxins. ... In anatomy, the genitourinary system is the organ system of all the reproductive organs and the urinary system. ...

The dichloromethane extracts of Abuta grandifolia and Minthostachys setosa (Labiatae) demonstrated high larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti, the most active being the dichloromethane extract of A. grandifolia. ^[2] R-phrases S-phrases , , Flash point None Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. ... Genera Many, see text Ref: Delta 2002-07-22 Lamiaceae, or the Mint family, is a family of plants in about 180 genera and some 3,500 species. ... A larval insect A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... joyce This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

See also

• List of Abuta species

References

Notes

1. ^ Mabberley, D.J. (1997). The plant-book, 2nd edition. ISBN 0-521-41421-0. 
2. ^ Ciccia G., Coussio, J. & E. Mongelli (2000). "Insecticidal activity against Aedes aegypti larvae of some medicinal South American plants". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 72 (1): 185-189. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(00)00241-5. 

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Further reading

• (Latin) and (German) Diels, L. (1910).Menispermaceae in: A.Engler (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich IV.94 (Fasc. 46). Engelmann, Leipzig (Germany). [monographic revision of the genus]
• Barneby, R. C. & B. A. Krukoff (1971):Supplementary Notes on American Menispermaceae VIII. A Generic Survey of the American Triclisieae and Anomospermeae.Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 22(2):30-52. [taxonomic partial revision]
• Kessler, P.J.A. in Kubitzki, K.(Editor) (1993): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol.2: K. Kubitzki, J. G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich. Springer-Verlag Berlin ISBN 3-540-55509-9

Adolf Engler (1844 – 1930) was a German botanist, perhaps The German Botanist. He is very important, among other complishments, for his works on Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, like Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (The natural plant families), edited with Karl A. E. von Prantl. ...

External links

• Images of Abuta panamensis from La Flora Digital de La Selva, Costa Rica