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Araujia Brot.

Araujia (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae

Characteristics

Perennial vines; latex white. Roots fibrous. Leaves petiolate, herbaceous; colleters present. Inflorescence of 2–4 fascicles. Corolla salverform; tube cylindrical; lobes free at tips, valvate. Annular corona absent; corolline corona of 5 discrete lobes adnate to base of staminal column and sides of corolla tube; gynostegial corona absent. Stamens connate into gynostegium, not markedly capitate. Anthers 2-locular with terminal appendage; pollen in linear tetrads; pollinaria with 2 pendulous, ellipsoidal pollinia lacking pellucid germinating mouth; corpusculum oblong, with flap of clear tissue at apex; caudicles not winged, not geniculate. Style-head elongate-rostrate. Follicles ovoid. Seeds flattened, ovate, comose at micropylar end.
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Glabrous or mealy lianes with milky latex. Lvs opposite, entire. Fls few, in pedunculate axillary cymes. Calyx large and foliose, divided to near base, eglandular. Corolla slightly contorted in bud, usually campanulate, sometimes salverform, 5-lobed; tube inflated at base; lobes somewhat erect at first. Corona attached to corolla tube, of 5 ovate or ligulate scales appressed to the staminal tube. Filaments united in a short tube; anthers terminated by a small incurved membrane. Follicles leathery, smooth, sometimes inflated.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system fibrous-root
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 90 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
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Images

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Distribution

Araujia world distribution map, present in Australia, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3207-1
WFO ID wfo-4000002862
COL ID 62D38
BDTFX ID 85912
INPN ID 189393
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Araujia Morrenia Choristigma Physianthus

Lower taxons

Araujia angustifolia Araujia megapotamica Araujia plumosa Araujia stormiana Araujia subhastata Araujia odorata Araujia variegata Araujia brachystephana Araujia herzogii Araujia stuckertiana Araujia hassleriana Araujia scalae Araujia sericifera
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