Accession Data:
Gnetum urens (Aubl.) Blume
sect. Gnetum subsect. Araeognemones
- Common Name: Bell Bird's Heart
- Family: Gnetaceae Lindley
- Synonym(s): Gnetum woodsonianum (Markgr.) Won
- Country of Origin: southern tropical America
- Habitat: river basins in flooded forests, black water swamps and tepuis
- Description: Slender lianas. Stems when cut exuding cream-colored exudate; twigs smooth, light gray to tan. Leaf-blade thin, chartaceous to rarely subcoriaceous, elliptic, to 12 X 6 cm, abruptly deflexed (in living plants) and acuminate to acute at apex, unequally obtuse at base, yellow-green, the adaxial surface silky and finely striate, the abaxial surface dull and sculptured with narrow prominent primary and secondary veins and obscure tertiary veins. Pollen-bearing structures sparingly branched, the ultimate units with short internodes of 1-2 mm between bract collars. Microsporophylls barely exserted from enclosing collar. Ovule-bearing branches rarely branched, the internode between bract collars to 10 mm long. Mature seeds yellow to red, oblongoid to slightly obovoid, often with a basal knob-like ring, sharply mucronate at apex, 35-40 X 18-20 mm, outer layer thin and fibrous, inner layer chartaceous. Seeds (May, August); relatively common in forest canopy. 4
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201800036
- Source: Paul Cooper - Cornell
- Provenance:
Received as Gnetum woodsonianum. Name changed per PlantList 10May2018.
- Accession Date: 05-10-2018
- Bench: 3316 - NEOB: West Bench NN
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-30-2025
- Restrictions:
- BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!
- BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!
Classification:
- Division: Gnetophyta
- Class: Gnetopsida
- SubClass: Gnetidae
- Order: Gnetales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Gnetaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Colombia / Peru / Brazil North
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 10, 2018.
- WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, May 10, 2018.
- Gnetum urens at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Thursday, May 10, 2018.
- Gnetum urens at Gymnosperm Database. Last accessed on Thursday, May 10, 2018.
- Gnetum urens at World Flora Online (NYBG). Last accessed on Thursday, May 10, 2018.
data regenerated on Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:24:35 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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