Phyllanthaceae
Meineckia

Meineckia stipularis (Radcl.-Sm.) J.F.Brunel

First published in Gen. Phyllanthus Afr. Intertrop. Madag.: 248 (1987)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/179861/1592433

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Euphorbiaceae, A. R.-Smith. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987

Morphology General Habit
A monoecious shrub to 3 m. high.
Morphology Twigs
Twigs greyish or greyish brown, not prominently lenticellate.
Morphology General Shoots
Young shoots greenish or reddish tinged.
Morphology Leaves
Petioles adaxially shallowly canaliculate, 0.7–1.2 cm. long; leaf-blades somewhat obliquely elliptic-ovate, (2.5–)3–6(–7) cm. long, (1.5–)2–3(–3.5) cm. wide, obtuse, mucronulate, asymmetrically rounded-cuneate, rounded or very shallowly subcordate, membranous, lateral nerves (4–)5–7(–10) pairs, ascending, camptodromous, somewhat impressed above, slightly prominent beneath, pale green.
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules broadly ovate-deltoid, foliaceous, 1.3–2.2(–2.7) cm. long, 0.8–2(–2.3) cm. wide, subacute, acute or slightly acutely acuminate, rarely subacute and scarious at the apex, cordate, persistent, pale green.
sex Male
Male flowers solitary; pedicels slender, 1.2 cm. long; sepals broadly elliptic-ovate, 6 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide, rounded, copiously minutely gland-dotted, greenish white; disc annular, 3 mm. diameter, orange-yellow; stamens 3 mm. long, anthers 0.3 mm. long; pistillode 1 mm. high, trifid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Female flowers:pedicels 1 cm. long, extending to 3–4 cm. long as the fruit develops; sepals and disc ± as in ♂ flowers, but slightly larger; ovary trilobate-subglobose, 4 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide; styles united at the base, spreading-recurved, ± 2 mm. long, somewhat broadened and scarcely to slightly bilobate at the apex. Male flowers solitary; pedicels slender, 1.2 cm. long; sepals broadly elliptic-ovate, 6 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide, rounded, copiously minutely gland-dotted, greenish white; disc annular, 3 mm. diameter, orange-yellow; stamens 3 mm. long, anthers 0.3 mm. long; pistillode 1 mm. high, trifid.
sex Female
Female flowers:pedicels 1 cm. long, extending to 3–4 cm. long as the fruit develops; sepals and disc ± as in ♂ flowers, but slightly larger; ovary trilobate-subglobose, 4 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide; styles united at the base, spreading-recurved, ± 2 mm. long, somewhat broadened and scarcely to slightly bilobate at the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit and seeds unknown.
Habitat
Locally common on the edges of thickets and forest-patches; 1830–1920 m.
Distribution
not known elsewhere T5 T7
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0