- Family:
- Celastraceae R.Br.
Pristimera Miers

[FTEA]
Celastraceae, N.K.B. Robson, N. Hallé, B. Mathew and R. Blakelock†. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1994
- Morphology General Habit
- Tall unarmed lianes or scandent shrubs; older stems normally terete, with pale yellow wood
- Morphology General Exudate
- Latex usually absent (present in P. graciliflora subsp. newalensis)
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite or subopposite, petiolate; blade toothed, sometimes finely so, or occasionally entire
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules small, free, with at least one prominent very acute tooth
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences of paired axillary dichotomous cymes with no accessory branches, sometimes forming a terminal panicle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers small, pedicellate, 2–6 mm. in diameter; buds globose to ovoid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 5, with quincuncial aestivation, equal or unequal, entire or ± denticulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, with quincuncial aestivation, sessile or rarely slightly unguiculate, overlapping in the bud stage
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc reduced, annular or cup-shaped, produced around the base of the ovary, sometimes lobed between the petal bases, the filaments attached directly to the disc without an androgynophore
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 3, small; anthers dehiscing by a transverse slit; pollen very small, simple, tricolporate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary half sunken below the point of attachment of the filaments, trilobed with 3 locules, each with 4–10 ovules; style with a punctiform stigma or ± trilobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit of 3 flattened mericarps, each of which dehisce by median sutures into 2 caducous valves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds winged, the wing with a marginal and a submedian vein (the raphe), inserted in a series of compressed triangular pocket-like structures at the point of attachment; cotyledons united; ovules with no conspicuous features.
[FTEA]
Celastraceae, N.K.B. Robson, N. Hallé, B. Mathew and R. Blakelock†. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1994
- Morphology General Habit
- Tall unarmed lianes; older stems normally terete, with pale yellow wood
- Morphology General Exudate
- Latex absent
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite or subopposite, petiolate; blade entire or dentate
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules very reduced
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences axillary, pedunculate, sometimes forming a terminal panicle; cymes dichotomous, always without accessory branches, their internodes ± quadrangular; bracts small, acute, opposite
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers moderately sized, 5–10 mm. in diameter, often green, sometimes yellow, ± pedicellate; buds globose, ovoid or oblong
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals 5, with quincuncial aestivation, ovate or nearly round, equal or unequal, entire or minutely fimbriolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, with quincuncial aestivation, elliptic, oblong or somewhat spathulate, sessile, much overlapping markedly in bud
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc slightly sinuous just above the base of the petals, then extended upwards into a fleshy ± cylindrical or truncate-conical androgynophore
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 3, inserted on the 3 locules of the ovary at about 1/2 or 2/3 the height of the locules; gynoecium with 3 swellings between the filaments and 3 small furrows which are hidden by the filaments
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pollen
- Pollen simple, tricolporate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary Ovules
- Ovules (4–)6–16 per locule, arranged ± in 2 ranks; style small, slender or subpyramidal, truncate or obscurely trilobed at the apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit of 3 mericarps each with 2 caducous valves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Embryology not known. Seeds winged, the wing with a marginal and a submedian vein (the raphe), inserted in a series of compressed-triangular pocket-like structures at the point of attachment
Native to:
Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Pristimera andongensis (Welw. ex Oliv.) N.Hallé
- Pristimera arnottiana (Wight) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera atractaspis (N.Hallé) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera austin-smithii (Lundell) A.C.Sm.
- Pristimera biholongii N.Hallé
- Pristimera bojeri (Tul.) N.Hallé
- Pristimera breteleri N.Hallé
- Pristimera brianii (N.Hallé) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera caudata Mennega
- Pristimera celastroides (Kunth) A.C.Sm.
- Pristimera coriacea (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Miers
- Pristimera dariensis Mennega
- Pristimera delagoensis (Loes.) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera dewildemaniana (N.Hallé) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera fimbriata (Exell) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera glaga (Korth.) N.Hallé
- Pristimera goetzei (Loes.) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera holdeniana (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
- Pristimera klaineana (N.Hallé) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera longipetiolata (Oliv.) N.Hallé
- Pristimera luteoviridis (Exell) N.Hallé
- Pristimera malifolia (Baker) N.Hallé
- Pristimera mouilensis (N.Hallé) N.Hallé
- Pristimera nervosa (Miers) A.C.Sm.
- Pristimera paniculata (Vahl) N.Hallé
- Pristimera peglerae (Loes.) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera plumbea (Blakelock & R.Wilczek) N.Hallé
- Pristimera polyantha (Loes.) N.Hallé
- Pristimera scheffleri (Loes.) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera sclerophylla Lombardi
- Pristimera staudtii (Loes.) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera tenuiflora (Mart. ex Peyr.) A.C.Sm.
- Pristimera tetramera (H.Perrier) N.Hallé
- Pristimera tisserantii (N.Hallé) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera tulasnei (Drake) N.Hallé
- Pristimera unguiculata (Loes.) R.H.Archer
- Pristimera verrucosa (Kunth) Miers
Pristimera Miers appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 360 (1872)
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 Tropical East Africa
- A.C. Sm. in Brittonia 3, 3: 367 (1940)
- N. Hallé in Bull. Mus. Hist Nat. Paris, sér. 4, T3, 1981, sect. B, Adansonia 1: 5–14 (1981)
- in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 28: 360 (1873)
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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