Hecatostemon completus is a species of shrub or tree native to northeastern South America and is the only member of the genus Hecatostemon.[1]
| Hecatostemon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Salicaceae |
| Subfamily: | Samydoideae |
| Genus: | Hecatostemon S.F.Blake |
| Species: | H. completus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hecatostemon completus | |
Taxonomy edit
Formerly classified in the Flacourtiaceae, phylogenetic analyses based on DNA data indicate that this species, along with its close relatives in Casearia, Samyda, Laetia, and Zuelania, are better placed in a broadly circumscribed Salicaceae.[2]
Description edit
Hecatostemon differs from its close relatives in having numerous stamens in three series and one ring of staminodes, or "disk," inside the stamens.
Distribution and habitat edit
The species is found in tropical deciduous forests, matorrales, savannahs, and even saline flats in northern Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.[3]
References edit
- ^ Sleumer, Hermann (1980). "Flacourtiaceae". Flora Neotropica. 22: 1–499.
- ^ Chase, Mark W.; Sue Zmarzty; M. Dolores Lledó; Kenneth J. Wurdack; Susan M. Swensen; Michael F. Fay (2002). "When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences". Kew Bulletin. 57 (1): 141–181. doi:10.2307/4110825. JSTOR 4110825.
- ^ "Hecatostemon completus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-09-28.