Didymocarpus zhufengensis W.T.Wang

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Gesneriaceae > Didymocarpus

Characteristics

Stems ca. 29 cm, appressed puberulent. Leaves mostly opposite, basal 2 alternate; petiole to 3 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate to elliptic, 4.5-8.5 X 3.4-5.5 cm, herbaceous, adaxially appressed puberulent, eglandular, abaxially puberulent along veins, eglandular, base cordate-auriculate, margin irregularly double denticulate, apex obtuse to rounded; lateral veins ca. 4 on each side of midrib. Cymes 4-6-flowered; peduncle ca. 5 cm, glandular puberulent; bracts free, orbicular-rhombic, ca. 4 mm, ciliate, margin entire. Pedicel 3-7 mm. Calyx zygomorphic, 5-5.5 mm; limb 2-lipped; tube 2-2.5 mm; adaxial lip 3-lobed, broadly trapeziform, ca. 3 mm, lobes deltoid, ca. 1 mm wide; abaxial lip 2-lobed, broadly trapeziform, ca. 3 mm, lobes triangular, ca. 1.5 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely ciliate, margin entire. Corolla purple, ca. 2 cm, outside puberulent, inside glabrous; tube funnelform, ca. 1.4 cm X 6 mm; adaxial lip ca. 3.5 mm; abaxial lip ca. 7 mm. Stamens glabrous; filaments ca. 6 mm; anthers ca. 1.5 mm; staminodes 3, 0.8-1.5 mm. Pistil ca. 1.5 cm, glabrous; ovary ca. 1.2 cm. Fruit unknown. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 56
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Didymocarpus zhufengensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:904038-1
WFO ID wfo-0000647053
COL ID 6D6SF
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Synonyms

Didymocarpus zhufengensis