Schoepfiaceae Blume

Family Description

Distribution Map

List of Genera

Photographs

Arjona

1. Arjona longifolia
   
   • Excavated plant and plant in hand showing long root system. Mendoza, Argentina. Photo by Guille Amico.
2. Arjona patagonica
   
   • Close-up of flower.  Portillo, region V (ca 2500 m), Chile.  Photo 15 Jan. 2003 by Rolland Douzet.
   • Photo. Patagonian Argentina (Province Santa Cruz) and Chile (Region 12). Photo by S. Aubert and R. Douzet (Station Alpine Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France). Link goes to Flickr.
3. Arjona pusilla
   
   • Photo. Patagonian Argentina (Province Santa Cruz). Photo by S. Aubert and R. Douzet (Station Alpine Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France). Link goes to Flickr.
4. Arjona ruscifolia
   
   • Herbarium specimen, Missouri Botanical Gardens (MO).
5. Arjona tuberosa
   • Habit of plants flowering in the field, 13 km east of Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by Javier Puntieri.
   • Closer view of flowering plant, 13 km east of Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by Javier Puntieri.
   • Flowering shoots. Patagonia. From Alpine Plants website. Photo by T. Hatakeyama.

Quinchamalium

1. Quinchamalium chilense
   • Habit of plant.  Valle Nevado, metropolitan region (ca 2500 m). Photo 9 Jan. 2003 by Serge Aubert.
   • Habit of plant. Cerro Otto Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi Bariloche Argentina. Photo December 2002 by Norlan Tercero Bucardo.
   • Inflorescences. Same as above. Photo by Norlan Tercero Bucardo.
   • Close-up of inflorescence. Same as above. Photo by Norlan Tercero Bucardo.
2. Quinchamalium dombeyi
   • Herbarium specimen, Missouri Botanical Gardens (MO).
3. Quinchamalium majus
   • View of the plants in their habitat and close-up of the inflorescence. From website "Flore et végétation du Parc National Villarica" [Flora and Vegetation of the Villarica National Park] in Chile.
4. Quinchamalium procumbens
   • Habit of plant in flower. Bolivia, La Paz, Murillo. James C. Solomon (No. 6658). Link goes to TROPICOS image library MO.
   • Habit of plant in flower. Bolivia, La Paz, Murillo. James C. Solomon (No. 15218). Link goes to TROPICOS image library MO.
5. Quinchamalium sp.
   • Photos.  Chile. Photos by Pieter Pelser.  Link goes to PhytoImages.
6. Quinchamalium sp.
   • Plant in flower. Farellones, Chile. January 1984. Photo by Job Kuijt.
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Schoepfia

1. Schoepfia arenaria
   
   • Photo.  Caribbean, Puerto Rico. Voucher (60895) and photo by Thomas B. Croat. Link goes to TROPICOS database at MO.
2. Schoepfia brasiliensis
   
   • Photos. Flowers and vegetative features. Florula of Fazenda Rio do Negro, Bahia, Brazil (S12.01 W038.04 150 m alt.). Photo 11 Nov. 2008 by Alex Popovkin. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photos. Nice flower close-ups and fruiting shoots. Florula of Fazenda Rio do Negro, Bahia, Brazil (S12.01 W038.04 150 m alt.). Photo July 2009 by Alex Popovkin. Link goes to Flickr.
3. Schoepfia californica
   
   • Photos. Flowering shoots and fruits. Photos by Debra Valov.  Link goes to CalPhotos web site.
   • Photos. Flowering shoots and fruits. From Baja California Sur. Photos by Fernando Arcas.  Link goes to Flickr.
     
4. Schoepfia chinensis and S. fragrans
   
   • Photo. Flowering shoot.  Hong Kong. From Life Discovery blog by Pang Chun-Chiu.
   • Line drawing.  Link goes to TROPICOS database at MO.
5. Schoepfia jasminodora
   
   • Photo. Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, Japan. Plants in fruit. Photograph by Hirano Takahisa, published in "World of Plants" article by Mitsuru Hirota (Weekly Asahihyakka, Jan. 22, 1995).
   • A series of photos from Mingiweng.  Taiwan.  Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photos of plant in flower and fruit.  Sichuan Huaxi Village, Puyang, China.  From PlantPhotoBank.cn.
   • Line drawing.  Link goes to TROPICOS database at MO.
6. Schoepfia obliquifolia (along with Cathedra and Tetrastylidium)
   
   • Line drawing.  Link goes to TROPICOS database at MO.
7. Schoepfia schreberi (including S. chrysophylloides)
   
   • Photo Habit of plant. Andros Island, Bahamas. [DLN 2599]. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo. Flowering shoot. From Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, University of South Florida. Photo by Roger Hammer.
   • Photo1 and 2.  Flowering shoot of red flowered form. W. D. Stevens 26977 & 27756, Nicaragua. Photos by O. M. Montiel. Link goes to TROPICOS database at MO.
   • Photos.  Flowering shoot of yellow flowered form. W. D. Stevens 27464, Nicaragua, Photo by O. M. Montiel. Link goes to TROPICOS database at MO.
   • Photo. Close-up of flowers. Florida. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Photo. Fruiting shoot. Grenada. From the Virtual Field Herbarium. Photo by W.D. Hawthorne (specimen W.D. Hawthorne & S.Porle no. 797).
   • Photo. Haustoria on host root. Bahamas. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
   • Photo. Attached haustorium, hand section. Bahamas. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
     

Phylogeny

The most recent phylogenetic studies that demonstrated the composition of and position within the order for Schoepfiaceae are Malécot and Nickrent (2008), Vidal-Russell and Nickrent (2008), and Der and Nickrent (2008). Clicking on those citations will take you to pdf files of the articles.

References

SIUC / College of Science / Parasitic Plant Connection / Olacaceae
URL: http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Schoepfiaceae/index.html
Last updated: 21-Jan-12 / dln