Didymaea Hook.F.

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae

Characteristics

gating in fruit. Flowers with the hyparthium turbinate globose, the calycine cup truncate; corolla campanulate or rotate, the lobes 4, valvate; ovary 2-celled, the style thick; ovules 1 per cell, attached laterally to the septum. Fruits didymous, fleshy, globose, one lobe often abortive.
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Herbs, the stems weak, 4-angled. Leaves small, petiolate; stipules connate, subulate, persistent or deciduous. Inflorescences axillary, the pedicels often elon-
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Didymaea world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328101-2
WFO ID wfo-4000011614
COL ID 8VWX8
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Didymaea

Lower taxons

Didymaea linearis Didymaea mexicana Didymaea alsinoides Didymaea ixtepejiensis Didymaea naniflora