Meryta

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Araliaceae
Subfamilia: Aralioideae
Genus: Meryta
Sectiones: M. sect. Choristomeryta – ...
Overview of species (28)

M. angustifolia – M. balansae – M. brachypoda – M. capitata – M. choristantha – M. coriacea – M. denhamii – M. drakeana – M. lanceolata – M. latifolia – M. lucida – M. macrophylla – M. malietoa – M. mauluulu – M. mauruensis – M. neoebudica – M. oxylaena – M. pachycarpa – M. pandanicarpa – M. pastoralis – M. pauciflora – M. raiateensis – M. rivularis – M. salicifolia – M. schizolaena – M. senfftiana – M. sinclairii – M. sonchifolia – M. tenuifolia

Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Meryta J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., 1775
Type Species: Meryta lanceolata J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Botryodendrum Endl., Prodr. Fl. Norfolk.: 62 (1833).
Neara Sol. ex Seem., Fl. Vit.: 118 (1866).
Schizomeryta R.Vig., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 4: 149 (1906).
Strobilopanax R.Vig., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 4: 148 (1906).
Botryomeryta R.Vig., J. Bot. (Morot), sér. 2, 3: 84 (1925).

References

Forster, J.R. & Forster, J.G.A., 1776. Char. Gen. Pl.: 119.
Oskolski, A.A. et al. 2007: Systematic implications of wood and bark anatomy in the Pacific Island genus Meryta (Araliaceae). Botanical journal of the Linnean Society, 153(3): 363–379. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00612.x
Tronchet, F.; Plunkett, G.M.; Jérémie, J.; Lowry II, P.P. 2005: Monophyly and major clades of Meryta (Araliaceae). Systematic botany 30(3): 657–670. DOI: 10.1600/0363644054782279 JSTOR Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Meryta in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Meryta. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Meryta. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 22 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Meryta in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 22.
Tropicos.org 2018. Meryta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 22.

Vernacular names
русский: Мерита

Meryta is a genus in the flowering plant family Araliaceae. There are 28 described species in the genus and a number of undescribed species,[2] all small, resinous trees of the subtropical and tropical Pacific Ocean, characterized by huge, simple leaves and a dioecious sexual system, a unique combination in Araliaceae. Meryta has its center of diversity in New Caledonia (11 endemic spp.). Phylogenetic analyses have placed Meryta as a monophyletic genus in one of the three major clades of the Araliaciae, the Polyscias-Pseudopanax group, and more specifically in the Pacific Schefflera subclade.[3]
Cultivation

Cultivation of Meryta species is possible in tropical or subtropical climates. They are valued for their dramatic foliage and tolerance of coastal conditions. Species encountered in cultivation include M. denhamii and M. sonchifolia, native to New Caledonia, M. latifolia, native to Norfolk Island, and the New Zealand species Meryta sinclairii.

References

Johann Reinhold Forster & Georg Forster (1776). "plate 60". Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis: collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775. London: B. White, T. Cadell, and P. Elmsly.
Tronchet, F. and Lowry, P. P. (2011). "A new species of Meryta (Araliaceae) from the Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia". PhytoKeys (4): 149–156. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.4.1408. PMC 3174441. PMID 22171187.
Tronchet, F., Plunkett, G.M., Jérémie, J., and Lowry, P. P. (2005). "Monophyly and major clades of Meryta (Araliaceae)". Systematic Botany. 30 (3): 657–670. doi:10.1600/0363644054782279. JSTOR 25064093. S2CID 86316587.