Haenianthus Grisebach

Type species: Haenianthus incrassatus Griseb. (basionym: Chionanthus incrassata Sw.)

Synonyms: none

Distribution: C America (West Indies)

Number of species: 3

Description (from Grisebach 1861): Trees glabrous, but bearing scattered minute scales on the branches and foliage. Leaves simple, quite entire, petioled. Panicle terminal, trichotomous; pedicels ternate, thickish. Calyx 4-fid. Corolla 4-partite, segments subcylindrical-clavate, induplicative at the base. Anthers 2, ovoid, laterally dehiscent, subsessile within the corolla tube. Stigma thick, subsessile. Drupe 1-seeded by abortion, endocarp chartaceous. Albumen cartilaginous.

Species list and links

• Haenianthus incrassatus Griseb.
• Haenianthus obovatus Krug & Urban (syn: H. salicifolius Griseb. var. obovatus (Krug & Urban) Knobl.)
• Haenianthus salicifolius Griseb.
• Haenianthus extracted from the BONAP (Biota of North America Program)

Images

• Haenianthus sp. (flowering)

References

• Knoblauch, E. 1933. Revision der Oleaceengattung Haenianthus. Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. 34: 139-142.
• Zona, S. 1991. A morphometric and taxonomic reevaluation of Haenianthus (Oleaceae). Can. J. Bot. 69: 489-493.

Maintained by Eva Wallander | Last updated: 2007-02-20