WorldFloraDB - Basananthe phaulantha

Characteristics

Erect annual herb up to 60 cm., sometimes shortly branched at base, glabrous.. Tendrils 1–3 cm.. Leaf-blades deeply 3-lobed, up to 6 by 5 cm.; lobes elliptic to oblong, 1–5 by 0.7–2 cm., top obtuse to acute, margin 1–2 mm. deep serrate-mucronate, more densely and deeper towards the base; base cordate or subcordate; petiole (0.5–)1–4.5 cm.. Stipules ± 2 mm. False stipules absent.. Inflorescences (1–)2-flowered; peduncle up to 0.8 cm., bracts ± 1 mm.. Flowers glabrous; stipe 1–2.5 mm.. Hypanthium ± 0.7 mm. wide.. Sepals 1.5–2 mm., subacute to obtuse.. Petals 0.. Outer corona-tube ± 1 mm.; threads ± 0.7 mm.. Disk ± 0.1 mm.. Inner corona cup-shaped, 0.2–0.4 mm.. Stamens 5; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm.; anthers ± 0.5 mm.. Ovary ± 0.7 mm.; styles ± 0.3 mm., free.. Fruit (excluding the ± 2 mm. long gynophore) 6–7 mm., containing 1 seed.. Seed 4–5 mm.

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Leaf-lamina up to 6 × 5 cm., deeply 3-lobed, subcordate at the base, the lobes 1–5 × 0·5–2 cm., elliptic to oblong, obtuse or acute and shortly mucronate at the apex, margin serrate-mucronate; petiole (0·5)1–4·5 cm. long, slender.

Cymes 1–2-flowered, the flowers greenish with stipe 1–2·5 mm. long, peduncle up to 0·75 mm. long ending in a slender tendril up to 1 cm. long; bracteoles c. 1 mm. long.

Stamens 5, with the filaments 0·5–0·65 mm. long and anthers c. 0·5 mm. long.

Annual, glabrous, erect, simple or short-branched herb up to 60 cm. high.

Outer corona with the tube c. 1 mm. high and threads c. 0·75 mm. long.

Sepals 1·5–2 mm. long, subacute to obtuse at the apex.

Ovary c. 0·75 mm. long; styles c. 0·25 mm. long, free.

Inner corona 0·25–0·35 mm. high, cup-shaped.

Capsule c. 7 × 5 mm., ovoid, 1-seeded.

Tendrils 1–3 cm. long, slender.

Hypanthium c. 0·75 mm. broad.

Stipules c. 2 mm. long.

False stipules absent.

Seed 4–5 mm. long.

Petals 0.

Life form	annual
Growth form	herb
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Foliage retention	deciduous
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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:674252-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000561024
COL ID	68DCS
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Synonyms

Tryphostemma phaulanthum Basananthe phaulantha

WorldFloraDB 2024

Basananthe phaulantha (Dandy) W.j.de Wilde

Species