Myrsine family
Hilo Holly (Ardisia crenata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Myrsinaceae R.Br.
Genera
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Myrsinaceae, or the Myrsine family, is a rather large family from the order Ericales. It consists of 35 genera and about 1000 species. Families See text. ...

It is a widespread family belonging to temperate to tropical climates extending north to Europe, Siberia, Japan, Mexico and Florida, and south to New Zealand, South America, and South Africa. Europe at its furthest extent, reaching to the Urals. ... Siberian Federal District (darker red) and the broadest definition of Siberia (red) Udachnaya pipe Siberia (Russian: , Sibir; Tatar: ) is a vast region of Russia constituting almost all of Northern Asia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

They are mostly mesophytic trees and shrubs; a few are lianas or sub-herbaceous. The leathery, evergeen leaves are simple and alternate, with smooth margins and without stipules. They are often dotted with glands and resinous cavities. 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. ... A liana is woody climber. ... The leaves of a Beech tree A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...

The plants are mostly monoecious, but a few are dioecious. The small flowers are growing in racemose terminal clusters, or in the leaf axils. The flowers are 4-merous or 5-merous, i.e they have 4 or 5 sepals and petals. The floral envelope (= perianth) has a distinct calyx and corolla. The calyx is regular and polysepalous. The non-fleshy petals of the corolla are more or less united, closely overlapping. There are 4 or 5 stamens, usually isomerous with the perianth. The carpel has one style and one stigma, with the ovary unilocular, superior or semi-inferior. Plant sexuality deals with the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. ... Plant sexuality deals with the wide variety of sexual reproduction systems found across the plant kingdom. ... A Phalaenopsis flower A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ... This inflorescence of the terrestrial orchid Spathoglottis plicata is a typical raceme. ... Flower of the Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia octovalvis) showing petals and sepals A sepal is one member or part of the calyx of a flower. ... 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 pollen, accidentally transfer it from one flower to another, bringing about pollination The stamen is the male organ of a flower. ... Amaryllis style and stigmas A carpel is the female reproductive organ of a flower; the basic unit of the gynoecium. ... Ovary in plants is the female part of a flower. ...

The one-seeded, indehiscent fruit is a thin-fleshed berry or drupe. Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Several types of berries from the market. ... 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. ...

North-American species are the Marlberry (Ardisia escalloniodes) and the Florida Rapanea (Rapanea punctata).

Plants in the Myrsine family have few economic uses. A few genera, such as Ardisia, Cyclamen, Lysimachia, Myrsine, and Suttonia are grown as ornamental plants, especially Ardisia crispa and Myrsine africana. One species, Ardisia japonica (Chinese: 紫金牛; pinyin: zǐjīn niú) is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. Type Species Ardisia tinifolia Sw - Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 48. ... Species Cyclamen africanum Cyclamen balearicum Cyclamen cilicium Cyclamen colchicum Cyclamen coum Cyclamen creticum Cyclamen cyprium Cyclamen graecum Cyclamen hederifolium Cyclamen intaminatum Cyclamen libanoticum Cyclamen mirabile Cyclamen parviflorum Cyclamen persicum Cyclamen pseudibericum Cyclamen purpurascens Cyclamen repandum Cyclamen rohlfsianum Cyclamen somalense Cyclamen trochopteranthum Cyclamen is a genus of 20 species of flowering... Species includes: Lysimachia nemorum(yellow pimpernel) Lysimachia nummularia(creeping Jenny) Lysimachia vulgaris(yellow loosestrife) Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. ... Species = Matipo (or Māpou in Māori) are New Zealand native members of the Myrsine genus. ... Binomial name Ardisia japonica Blume Ardisia japonica is a species of ornamental plant. ... Traditional Chinese medicine shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. ...

Genera

• Aegiceras
• Amblyanthopsis
• Amblyanthus
• Anagallis
• Antistrophe
• Ardisia
• Asterolinon (should be included into the Anagallis clade)
• Badula
• Conandrium
• Coris
• Ctenardisia
• Cybianthus
• Cyclamen
• Discocalyx
• Elingamita
• Embelia
• Emblemantha
• Fittingia
• Geissanthus
• Glaux (should be included into the clade Lysimachia)
• Heberdenia
• Hymenandra
• Labisia
• Loheria
• Lysimachia
• Maesa : has been raised to family rank Maesaceae - Anderberg et al (2000)
• Monoporus
• Myrsine
• Oncostemum
• Parathesis
• Pelletiera (should be included into the Anagallis clade)
• Pleiomeris
• Rapanea
• Sadiria
• Solonia
• Stylogyne
• Tapeinosperma
• Trientalis
• Tetrardisia
• Vegaea
• Wallenia

The following genera, traditionally categorized in Primulaceae s.l., should, according to Källersjö et al (2000), belong to the clade of Myrsinaceae s. lat. : Anagallis, Ardisiandra, Asterolinon , Coris, Cyclamen, Glaux , Lysimachia, Pelletiera and Trientalis . Species many, see text Anagallis is a genus of about 20-25 species of flowering plants in the myrsine family Myrsinaceae, commonly called pimpernel and perhaps best known for the Scarlet pimpernel referred to in literature. ... Type Species Ardisia tinifolia Sw - Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 48. ... Species See text. ... Species Cyclamen africanum Cyclamen balearicum Cyclamen cilicium Cyclamen colchicum Cyclamen coum Cyclamen creticum Cyclamen cyprium Cyclamen graecum Cyclamen hederifolium Cyclamen intaminatum Cyclamen libanoticum Cyclamen mirabile Cyclamen parviflorum Cyclamen persicum Cyclamen pseudibericum Cyclamen purpurascens Cyclamen repandum Cyclamen rohlfsianum Cyclamen somalense Cyclamen trochopteranthum Cyclamen is a genus of 20 species of flowering... Binomial name Glaux maritima L. Sea milkwort, Sea milkweed, or black saltwort (Glaux maritima) (2n=20) is a plant of the family Myrsinaceae (formerly Primulaceae). ... Species includes: Lysimachia nemorum(yellow pimpernel) Lysimachia nummularia(creeping Jenny) Lysimachia vulgaris(yellow loosestrife) Lysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. ... Species = Matipo (or Māpou in Māori) are New Zealand native members of the Myrsine genus. ... Genera See text Primulaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 24 genera, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers. ...

References

• Källersjö, M., G. Bergqvist & A. A. Anderberg (2000). Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s. l.: a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 87: 1325–1341.
• Ulrika Manns and Arne A. Anderberg (2005). Molecular Phylogeny of Anagallis (Myrsinaceae) Based on ITS, trnL-F, and ndhF Sequence Data. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 1019–1028.
• Arne A. Anderberg, Bertil Stahl, Mari Kallersjo (May 2000). Maesaceae, a New Primuloid Family in the Order Ericales s.l.. Taxon 49 (2): 183-187.