Bligia ( Latin Blighia ) is a genus of trees included in the Sapindoideae subfamily of the Sapindaceae family ( Sapindaceae ). Includes 6 [2] species . The typical species , bligiya tasty , is one of the national symbols of Jamaica .
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 Inflorescence bligii delicious | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Blighia KDKoenig , 1806 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Blighia sapida KDKoenig, 1806 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Title
The genus Bligia was named by the German-English botanist Carl Koenig in honor of William Bly (1754–1817), the English vice-admiral, navigator, traveling with James Cook .
Botanical description
Representatives of the genus - rather large trees . Leaves are few, pinnately dissected into shares of equal size with smooth edges, located on the petioles.
Flowers are collected at the ends of branches in racemes, on short pedicels, with small bracts. Calyx and halo five - lobed. Sepals have a narrow ovoid shape, sometimes slightly overlapping each other. Petals are narrow, scaly. Eight stamens.
The fruit is pear-shaped, large, fleshy, the seeds are located in three compartments.
Area
Types of bligii grow exclusively in Africa . Bligiya tasty delivered to Central America and Florida .
Taxonomy
| another 8—10 families (according to the APG II System ) | ||||||||||||
| 6 species | ||||||||||||
| Sapindocolor order | genus Bligia | |||||||||||
| department Flowering, or Angiosperms | Sapindov family | |||||||||||
| another 44 orders of flowering plants (by APG II System ) | about 150 births | |||||||||||
Synonyms
- Akea Stokes , 1812
- Akeesia Tussac , 1808
- Phialodiscus Radlk. , 1879
Types
- Blighia kamerunensis Radlk., 1933
- Blighia laurentii De Wild. 1909
- Blighia mildbraedii Radlk., 1912
- Blighia sapida KDKoenig, 1806 - Delicious delicious
- Blighia unijugata Baker , 1868
- Blighia welwitschii ( Hiern ) Radlk., 1933
Notes
- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
- ↑ List of species of the genus Bligiya according to The Plant List website (English) (lat.) (Checked October 14, 2016)
Literature
- Standley, PC , Steyermark, JA Flora of Guatemala. - Chicago, 1949. - Vol. 24. - p. 238–239.
- Croat, T. Flora of Panama. Family 108. Sapindaceae (Eng.) // Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . - Missouri Botanical Garden Press , 1976. - Vol. 63 , no. 3 - P. 427-428 .