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Cryptolepis R.Br.

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae

Characteristics

Perennial shrubs, lianes or scramblers; latex white. Roots fibrous. Leaves petiolate, coriaceous; colleters absent. Inflorescence of 1–many fascicles. Corolla salverform, campanulate or rotate; tube cylindrical-urceolate; lobes free at tips, imbricate. Annular corona absent or present; corolline corona comprising 5 free lobes opposite sinuses of adjacent petals or at top of corolla tube; gynostegial corona absent. Stamens free above. Anthers 4-locular with terminal appendage; pollen granular, aggregated in globular tetrads, loose on spoon-shaped, sticky translator. Style-head conical-pentagonal. Follicles widely divaricate, fusiform to fusiform-ovoid. Seeds flattened, oblong, comose at micropylar end.
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Shrubs or woody lianas. Leaves abaxially glaucous. Cymes terminal, apparently axillary or extra-axillary, pedunculate. Calyx with 5 to 10 basal glands. Flower buds cylindric, apex caudate-acuminate. Corolla salverform; tube short cylindric or campanulate; lobes overlapping to right. Corona lobes inserted near middle of corolla tube, linear or ovate, free from filaments. Filaments broad below, narrow above; anthers connate, adnate to stigma head; pollen tetrads in masses, solitary in each anther cell, pollen carriers spatulate, erect. Stigma head broadly conical. Follicles paired, widely divaricate, narrowly lanceolate in outline.
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Images

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Distribution

Cryptolepis world distribution map, present in Australia and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3291-1
WFO ID wfo-4000009895
COL ID 62P74
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Synonyms

Mitolepis Omphalogonus Ectadiopsis Mangenotia Cryptolepis

Lower taxons

Cryptolepis cryptolepioides Cryptolepis grandiflora Cryptolepis laurentii Cryptolepis macrophylla Cryptolepis migiurtina Cryptolepis nugaalensis Cryptolepis oblongifolia Cryptolepis obtusa Cryptolepis sanguinolenta Cryptolepis socotrana Cryptolepis volubilis Cryptolepis yemenensis Cryptolepis africana Cryptolepis ibayana Cryptolepis angolensis Cryptolepis apiculata Cryptolepis arbuscula Cryptolepis baumii Cryptolepis brazzaei Cryptolepis capensis Cryptolepis decidua Cryptolepis delagoensis Cryptolepis gossweileri Cryptolepis javanica Cryptolepis producta Cryptolepis somaliensis Cryptolepis calophylla Cryptolepis nigrescens Cryptolepis microphylla Cryptolepis stefaninii Cryptolepis sinensis Cryptolepis eburnea Cryptolepis pendulina Cryptolepis gillettii Cryptolepis dubia Cryptolepis intricata Cryptolepis hensii Cryptolepis hypoglauca Cryptolepis orbicularis Cryptolepis ruspolii Cryptolepis sizenandi
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