Gymnosiphon usambaricus (Gymnosiphon usambaricus)
Description
Small shrubs, 1-3 m tall; branches gray-brown, shallowly longitudinally fluted, unarmed. Petiole sturdy, 3-5 mm; leaf blade obovate, 3.5-5 x 1.7-3.3 cm, leathery, base cuneate, margin remotely crenate, sometimes glandular spotted in sinus of teeth, apex rounded or subtruncate; lateral veins 4-6 pairs, quite tenuous. Cymes axillary, 1 or 2 x branched; peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Flowers white; calyx lobes deltoid; petals obovate-oblong or oblong, entire, obtuse. Stamens inserted abaxially on disk margin; anther broadly ovoid. Ovary 3-celled; style very short; stigma 3. Capsule subobovoid, trilocular, 7-8 mm in diameter, dehiscing into 3 broadly rounded valves, ca. 5 mm. Seeds ellipsoid, red, ca. 3 mm, with small aril at base.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Dioscoreales
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Family: Burmanniaceae
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Genus: Gymnosiphon
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