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Ardisia
Ardisia (coralberry or marlberry) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was in the former Myrsinaceae family now recognised as the myrsine sub-family Myrsinoideae. They are distributed in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, mainly in the tropics. There are over 700 accepted species. One species, Ardisia japonica, is one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine.
These are trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. Most have alternately arranged leaves. Flowers are borne in many forms of inflorescence. The flowers have usually 4 or 5 green sepals and a bell-shaped corolla of usually 4 or 5 white or pink petals. The fruit is a somewhat fleshy drupe. The defining characteristic of the genus is the small tube formed at the center of the flower by the stamens, which are joined at their bases.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Coralberry
speciesArdisia crenata
shoebutton Ardisia
speciesArdisia elliptica
Ardisia squamulosa
speciesArdisia squamulosa
Ardisia cornudentata
speciesArdisia cornudentata
Marlberry
speciesArdisia escallonioides
Siebold Ardisia
speciesArdisia sieboldii
Pentagonous Ardisia
speciesArdisia quinquegona
Ardisia virens
speciesArdisia virens
Japanese ardisia
speciesArdisia japonica
Ardisia compressa
speciesArdisia compressa
Spotted Ardisia
speciesArdisia lindleyana
Christmas berry
speciesArdisia crispa
Ardisia revoluta
speciesArdisia revoluta
Ardisia pusilla
speciesArdisia pusilla
Ardisia chinensis
speciesArdisia chinensis
Ardisia primulifolia
speciesArdisia primulifolia
Ardisia bakeri
speciesArdisia bakeri
Guadeloupe Marlberry
speciesArdisia obovata
Ardisia violacea
speciesArdisia violacea
Ardisia mamillata
speciesArdisia mamillata
Ardisia solanacea
speciesArdisia solanacea
Ardisia brevicaulis
speciesArdisia brevicaulis
Ardisia villosa
speciesArdisia villosa
Ardisia opegrapha
speciesArdisia opegrapha
Ardisia hanceana
speciesArdisia hanceana
Ardisia humilis
speciesArdisia humilis
Ardisia pellucida
speciesArdisia pellucida
Ardisia brevipedata
speciesArdisia brevipedata
Ardisia guianensis
speciesArdisia guianensis
Ardisia complanata
speciesArdisia complanata
Ardisia kusukusensis
speciesArdisia kusukusensis
Ardisia macrocarpa
speciesArdisia macrocarpa
Ardisia gigantifolia
speciesArdisia gigantifolia
Ardisia maclurei
speciesArdisia maclurei
Ardisia omissa
speciesArdisia omissa
Ardisia nigropunctata
speciesArdisia nigropunctata
Ardisia colorata
speciesArdisia colorata
Ardisia palmana
speciesArdisia palmana
Ardisia alyxiifolia
speciesArdisia alyxiifolia
Ardisia paschalis
speciesArdisia paschalis
Ardisia missionis
speciesArdisia missionis
Ardisia obtusa
speciesArdisia obtusa
Ardisia rhomboidea
speciesArdisia rhomboidea
Ardisia pleurobotrya
speciesArdisia pleurobotrya
Ardisia glauciflora
speciesArdisia glauciflora
Ardisia brunnescens
speciesArdisia brunnescens
Ardisia pyramidalis
speciesArdisia pyramidalis
Ardisia wedelii
speciesArdisia wedelii
Mountain Ardisia.
speciesArdisia pachyrrhachis
Ardisia pauciflora
speciesArdisia pauciflora
Ardisia didymopora
speciesArdisia didymopora
Ardisia densilepidotula
speciesArdisia densilepidotula
Ardisia staminosa
speciesArdisia staminosa
Ardisia venosa
speciesArdisia venosa
Ardisia thyrsiflora
speciesArdisia thyrsiflora
Ardisia costaricensis
speciesArdisia costaricensis
Ardisia bifaria
speciesArdisia bifaria
Ardisia polycephala
speciesArdisia polycephala
Ardisia sonchifolia
speciesArdisia sonchifolia
Ardisia filiformis
speciesArdisia filiformis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants and Trees
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.56
Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.14
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.72
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Herbs and Trees, Volume 5
王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.78
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 9)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.6
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 156196.