Alphonsea boniana Finet & Gagnep.

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Alphonsea

Characteristics

Shrubs to 3 m tall. Branches pubescent when young, glabrescent. Petiole ca. 3 mm, transversely striate, puberulent or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5-11 × 1.4-3 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially greenish and glabrous except occasionally for puberulent midvein, adaxially shiny green and glabrous, secondary veins 10-13 on each side of midvein, slender, abaxially slightly prominent, and adaxially flat, base broadly cuneate, apex acuminate to shortly acuminate. Inflorescences leaf-opposed or superaxillary, 1-or 2-flowered; peduncle 2-3 mm, glabrous, with 4 or 5 bracts. Pedicel 4-7 mm, puberulent, with several bracteoles from base to middle. Sepals broadly ovate-reniform, ca. 1 × 2 mm, outside puberulent, inside glabrous, apex rounded. Outer petals ovate-lanceolate, ca. 7 × 4 mm, incurved at base, outside densely pubescent, inside glabrous; inner petals lanceolate, ca. 6 × 3.5 mm, incurved at base. Stamens 3, whorled; anther locules ovoid; connectives apically acute. Carpel 1, oblong, ca. 4 mm, densely villous; ovules 6-12, in 1 or 2 series; stigmas subglobose, glabrous, apex 2-cleft. Fruit not seen. Fl. Apr, fr. May-Jun.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Alphonsea boniana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:71981-1
WFO ID wfo-0000527334
COL ID C69L
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Synonyms

Alphonsea boniana Alphonsea squamosa Alphonsea glabrifolia Alphonsea pallida