Margyricarpus Ruíz & Pavón.

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Credits

John Grimshaw (2020)

Recommended citation
Grimshaw, J.M. (2020), 'Margyricarpus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/margyricarpus/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

Family

  • Rosaceae

Common Names

  • Pearl-fruit
  • Pearl-berry

Species in genus

Glossary

achene
Small dry indehiscent fruit that has a single seed (as in e.g. Polylepis).
berry
Fleshy indehiscent fruit with seed(s) immersed in pulp.
calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
family
A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).
monospecific
(of a genus) Including only one species (as e.g. Aextoxicon).

Credits

John Grimshaw (2020)

Recommended citation
Grimshaw, J.M. (2020), 'Margyricarpus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/margyricarpus/). Accessed 2024-03-29.

A genus of eight species in South America, placed in the tribe Sanguisorbeae of the Rose family, with Acaena, Alchemilla, Sanguisorba, and Poterium, to name only those genera best known in gardens; hybrids with Acaena have been recorded, despite the great differences between their fruits (Bean 1981; Mabberley 2017). In Margyricarpus the fruit is an achene, enclosed in the fleshy calyx-tube that swells to make a single berry-like fruit. The formerly monospecific Margyricarpus now includes Tetraglochin, but only M. pinnatus is known to be in cultivation.