Cosmibuena Ruiz & Pav.

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs, glabrous, usually epiphytic. Leaves fleshy, petiolate; stipules large, deciduous. Inflorescences terminal, cymose or the flowers solitary; bracts and bracteoles present. Flowers large; hypanthium oblong or turbinate, the calycine cup tubular or campanulate, the teeth 5-6, usually unequal; corolla salverform or funnelform, the tube elongate, 5-6-lobed, the lobes contorted; stamens 5-6, the anthers linear, basifixed, included, the filaments short; ovarian disc cup
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shaped, the style elongate, clavate at the apex, the stigmas 2. Fruits capsular, narrowly oblong or cylindrical, septicidally bivalvate from the apex, the epicarp separating from the endocarp; seeds numerous, oblong, the body small, the testa membranous, produced at each end into a narrow wing.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Cosmibuena world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331521-2
WFO ID wfo-4000009445
COL ID 8VWHM
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INPN ID 730873
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Cosmibuena

Lower taxons

Cosmibuena grandiflora Cosmibuena macrocarpa Cosmibuena matudae Cosmibuena valerioi