Batopedina Verdc.

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae

Characteristics

Flowers heterostylous, solitary or paired, axillary or at apices of branchlets; calyx tube ovoid; lobes unequal, one foliaceous and rest minute or of varying sizes.
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Leaves opposite but sometimes appearing verticillate, linear to ovate; stipules with 3–5 short lobes from a short base.
Corolla tube filiform, enlarged at apex; throat hairy inside; lobes 5, ovate.
Subshrubs with many branches from a thick woody rootstock, often tufted.
Capsule ovoid, splitting into 2 cocci with numerous seeds.
Style included or exserted; stigma lobes filiform.
Ovary 2-locular with many ovules.
Stamens 5, included or exserted.
Testa finely striate.
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Distribution

Batopedina world distribution map, present in Ghana and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:34205-1
WFO ID wfo-4000004224
COL ID 8VVHC
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Batopedina

Lower taxons

Batopedina linearifolia Batopedina pulvinellata Batopedina tenuis