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Chlorocyathus monteiroae (Chlorocyathus monteiroae)

Description

Perennial climber,growing from a cylindric-ovoid tuber,up to 30 cm long.Stems,1-few,up to 8 m long,interpetiolar ridges sometimes with black glands.Leaves opposite,ovate-elliptic to obovate,up to 4.5 × 3 cm,somewhat fleshy,dark green and pubescent above,pale green and pubescent below;petiole 1-10 mm long,sometimes with black glands.Flowers in terminal and upper axillary inflorescences.Corolla light green to bright green,lobes ovate,6-12 mm long,sup-spreading;margins folded back.Corona fleshy,hairless or minutely papillose;lobes fused to the corolla lobes like small pockets,3-segmented;central segment 2-3 mm long,filiform,white;lateral segments obtriangular,c.1 mm long,pinkish or purplish.Fruit in horizontally spreading,paired follicles,very narrowly ovoid,70-110 mm long,tapering.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Gentianales

            • Family: Apocynaceae

              • Genus: Chlorocyathus