- Family:
- Malvaceae Juss.
Corchorus L.
[FZ]
Tiliaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- Herbs or small shrubs, sometimes with annual stems from a woody rootstock, with simple or stellate hairs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, serrate, dentate, repand or lobed, with the basal teeth often prolonged into long setaceous points; petiole usually more densely pubescent on the upper side; stipules lateral, usually setaceous or subacute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences of bracteate pedunculate cymes ± opposite the leaves.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers bisexual.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 4–5, usually narrow, often caudate at the apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow, obovate, oblanceolate or linear, usually with a short ciliolate basal claw.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary borne on a very short glabrous androgynophore which is annular at its apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 7 to many, filamentous, arising between the annulus and ovary.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 2–5-locular, with 2 to many axile ovules in each chamber; style glabrous, with a cup-shaped or slightly 2–6-lobed or capitate-fimbriate stigma.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit an elongated or subglobose capsule, glabrous or hairy, smooth, bristly or prickly, straight or curved, loculicidally 2–5-valved, sometimes with transverse septa within, 2- to many-seeded.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds dark brown or black, pendulous or horizontal, quadrate, ellipsoid, cylindric or irregularly hemispherical; embryo usually curved; cotyledons flat; endosperm fleshy.
[FTEA]
Tiliaceae, C. Whitehouse, M. Cheek, S. Andrews & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2001
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves alternate, simple, ovate, elliptic, lanceolate or oblong, verrucose above, margins serrate, crenate or dentate, often with a pair of basal setae; petioles pubescent, more so on one side; stipules subulate, pubescent, glabrous or ciliate, rarely stellate-tomentose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of 1–3(–5)-flowered, leaf-opposed fascicles, or cymes of up to 6 flowers; bracts subulate, pilose or glabrous, rarely stellate-tomentose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 4–5, free, acuminate, cucullate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 4–5, obovate or oblanceolate rarely spathulate, free, yellow
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5–∞
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary cylindric or oblong, rarely spherical, pubescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a capsule, solitary or in 2s–5s, cylindric or spherical, straight or slightly curved, splitting into 3–5 valves, often ending in a beak or spreading horns
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds angular, dolabriform or oblong-ovoid.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs or shrublets, with indumentum of simple or stellate hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, not lobed, with crenate, dentate or serrate margins; stipules subulate to triangular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary or clustered, leaf-opposed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 4–5, elliptic, hooded at the apex, ciliolate at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow, linear to obovate, usually with a ciliate claw, as long as the sepals or slightly shorter
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 5 to many
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 2–5-celled with 3 to many ovules in each cell; style with lobed or cup-shaped stigma
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule cylindrical to ellipsoid or globose, glabrous, hairy, bristly or prickly, 2–5-valved, with 2–many-seeded cells, sometimes with transverse septa (not in the Flora area); seeds grey, black or brown, quadrangular, ellipsoid or cylindrical.
- Distribution
- About 75 species in all tropical and subtropical regions.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama, Aldabra, Arizona, Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Cyprus, Georgia, Jawa, Korea, Louisiana, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mississippi, Morocco, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Society Is., Texas, Tunisia
- Corchorus aestuans L.
- Corchorus africanus Bari
- Corchorus angolensis Exell & Mendonça
- Corchorus aquaticus Rusby
- Corchorus argillicola Moeaha & P.J.D.Winter
- Corchorus asplenifolius Burch.
- Corchorus aulacocarpus Halford
- Corchorus baldaccii Mattei
- Corchorus brevicornutus Vollesen
- Corchorus capsularis L.
- Corchorus carnarvonensis Halford
- Corchorus chrozophorifolius (Baill.) Burret
- Corchorus cinerascens Deflers
- Corchorus confusus Wild
- Corchorus congener Halford
- Corchorus cunninghamii F.Muell.
- Corchorus deccanensis H.B.Singh & M.V.Viswan.
- Corchorus depressus (L.) Peterm.
- Corchorus drysdalensis R.L.Barrett
- Corchorus elachocarpus F.Muell.
- Corchorus elderi F.Muell.
- Corchorus erodioides Balf.f.
- Corchorus fascicularis Lam.
- Corchorus foliosus Spreng.
- Corchorus gillettii Bari
- Corchorus hamatus Baker
- Corchorus hirsutus L.
- Corchorus hirtus L.
- Corchorus hygrophilus A.Cunn. ex Benth.
- Corchorus incanus Halford
- Corchorus junodii (Schinz) N.E.Br.
- Corchorus kirkii N.E.Br.
- Corchorus laniflorus Rye
- Corchorus lasiocarpus Halford
- Corchorus leptocarpus A.Cunn. ex Benth.
- Corchorus longipedunculatus Mast.
- Corchorus macropetalus (F.Muell.) Domin
- Corchorus macropterus G.J.Leach & Cheek
- Corchorus merxmuelleri Wild
- Corchorus mitchellensis Halford
- Corchorus neocaledonicus Schltr.
- Corchorus obclavatus Halford
- Corchorus olitorius L.
- Corchorus orinocensis Kunth
- Corchorus parviflorus (Benth.) Domin
- Corchorus parvifolius Sebsebe
- Corchorus pascuorum Domin
- Corchorus pinnatipartitus Wild
- Corchorus psammophilus Codd
- Corchorus pseudo-olitorius Islam & Zaid
- Corchorus pseudocapsularis Schweinf.
- Corchorus puberulus Halford
- Corchorus pumilio R.Br. ex Benth.
- Corchorus reynoldsiae Halford
- Corchorus saxatilis Wild
- Corchorus schimperi Cufod.
- Corchorus sericeus Ewart & O.B.Davies
- Corchorus siamensis Craib
- Corchorus sidoides F.Muell.
- Corchorus siliquosus L.
- Corchorus subargentus Halford
- Corchorus sublatus Halford
- Corchorus sulcatus I.Verd.
- Corchorus tectus Halford
- Corchorus thozetii Halford
- Corchorus tiniannensis Hosok.
- Corchorus tirunelveliensis Kalaiselvan, Selvak. & Rajakumar
- Corchorus tomentellus F.Muell.
- Corchorus torresianus Gaudich.
- Corchorus tridens L.
- Corchorus trilocularis L.
- Corchorus urticifolius Wight & Arn.
- Corchorus velutinus Wild
- Corchorus walcottii F.Muell.
Corchorus L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2000 | s.coll. [6715], Brazil | K001209697 | Yes | ||
| Fonseca, M.R. [1299], Brazil | K001209696 | Yes | |||
| Gardner [4444], Brazil | K001209702 | Yes | |||
| Prance, G.T. [17994], Brazil | K001209705 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [1986], Brazil | K001209701 | Yes | |||
| Sello [1068/735], Brazil | K001209694 | Yes | |||
| Rodal, M. [556], Brazil | K001209698 | Yes | |||
| Claussen, P. [s.n.], Brazil | K001209704 | Yes | |||
| Harley, R.M. [19408], Brazil | K001209706 | Yes | |||
| Atkins, S. [13798], Brazil | K001209695 | Yes | |||
| Blanchet [2751], Brazil | K001209699 | Yes | |||
| Gardner [4444], Brazil | K001209703 | Yes | |||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132317 | Yes | |||
| Tweedie [s.n.], Brazil | K001209700 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 530 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 1: 261.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 234 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 529 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Edmonds, Herbarium survey of African Corchorus species, Systematic and Ecogeographic studies on crop genepools 4, IBPGR, Rome (1990).
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by Sebsebe Demissew [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Edmonds, Herb. Surv. Afr. Corchorus Sp.: 15–43, 117–160 (1990)
- Sp. Pl. 1: 529 (1953)
- T.V. Jacobs in Phyton 61: 95–100 (1997)
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