- Family:
- Urticaceae Juss.
Procris Comm. ex Juss.
[FTEA]
Urticaceae, I. Friis University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1989
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs, sometimes shrubs, sometimes epiphytic, stems often rather juicy or succulent, monoecious or dioecious by abortion
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves basically opposite, but one leaf of each pair is either reduced or early falling, thus the plants appear to have alternate leaves; lamina very unequal-sided at base, entire, crenate or serrate, rather fleshy; stipules intrapetiolar, fused to the apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Male inflorescences small pedunculate clusters; ♀ inflorescences capitate, with a fleshy subglobose receptacle on short fleshy peduncles, in the axils of fallen leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Male flowers 4–5-merous; rudimentary ovary present, obovoid Female flowers 4–5-merous, with very short perianth; ovary straight, exceeding the perianth; stigma sessile, penicillate
- sex Male
- Male flowers 4–5-merous; rudimentary ovary present, obovoid
- sex Female
- Female flowers 4–5-merous, with very short perianth; ovary straight, exceeding the perianth; stigma sessile, penicillate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achene ovate, partly covered by the fleshy persistent perianth.
[FZ]
Urticaceae, I. Friis. Flora Zambesiaca 9:6. 1991
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs, often epiphytic or epilithic, monoecious or dioecious by abortion; stems juicy or succulent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves distichous, opposite and heteromorphous with one leaf of each pair reduced in size, or leaves apparently alternate with one in each pair completely reduced; lamina crenate or serrate, rather fleshy, penninerved, with linear cystoliths.
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules intrapetiolar, fused.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences unisexual, in the axils of existing or fallen leaves; male flowers in small pedunculate glomerules; female inflorescences capitate with fleshy receptacles on short fleshy peduncles.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Female flowers sessile with a persisting perianth of 4–5 free tepals; ovary erect, symmetrical, with a penicillate stigma. Male flowers pedicellate, pentamerous (rarely tetramerous), with a rudimentary pistillode.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achene ovoid, surrounded at the base by the accrescent perianth.
Native to:
Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Fiji, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Réunion, Santa Cruz Is., Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuelan Antilles
- Procris acaulis (Hook.f.) B.J.Conn & Hadiah
- Procris anfracta (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
- Procris archboldiana A.C.Sm.
- Procris boninensis Tuyama
- Procris brunnea Merr.
- Procris crenata C.B.Rob.
- Procris curtisii (Ridl.) B.J.Conn & Hadiah
- Procris decurrens (H.J.P.Winkl.) R.J.Johns
- Procris dolichophylla Merr.
- Procris frutescens Blume
- Procris goepeliana (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
- Procris grueningii (H.J.P.Winkl.) H.Schroet.
- Procris insularis H.Schroet.
- Procris langbianensis Gagnep.
- Procris mindanaensis H.Schroet.
- Procris pedunculata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Wedd.
- Procris pilifera (H.J.P.Winkl.) H.Schroet.
- Procris puberula (Hallier f.) H.Schroet.
- Procris rectangularis (H.J.P.Winkl.) R.J.Johns
- Procris repens (Lour.) B.J.Conn & Hadiah
- Procris reticulatovenosa (Hallier f.) H.Schroet.
- Procris ruhlandii H.Schroet.
- Procris urdanetensis Elmer
- Procris visciformis (Hallier f.) H.Schroet.
Procris Comm. ex Juss. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], Malaysia | K001132552 |
First published in Gen. Pl.: 403 (1789)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 6, 2: 283.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl.: 403 (1789).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Engl. in E. & P. Pf. 3(1): 109 (1888)
- G.F.P. 2: 184 (1967)
- G.P. 3: 386 (1880)
- Gen. Pl.: 403 (1789)
- H. Schroeter in F.R. 45: 179–192 & 257–300 (1938)
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