Diplycosia amboinensis Becc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Diplycosia

Characteristics

Small epiphytic, subdensely foliate shrub. Branchlets subdensely clothed with dark brownish rufous, appressed, non-glandular bristle-like hairs (c. 1.5 mm), no other fine pubescence present. Leaves elliptic to broadly subobovate-elliptic, apex broad-attenuate to nearly rounded, obtuse, the terminal gland thick and manifestly prominent, base broad-attenuate (not rounded), coriaceous, glabrous and shining above, paler and dull beneath, laxly set with short (0.7 mm), subappressed, setulose hairs underneath and caducously so along the margin, which is finely but distinctly crenulate and subrevolute, 1.4-2(-2.4) by 0.9-1.3(-1.7) cm, midrib strongly impressed above, or robust and prominent beneath, 1 pair of nerves from or somewhat from above the base of the lamina, high curved-ascending, anastomosing at the top, very slightly impressed above, or raised beneath, sometimes rather inconspicuous; petiole appressed-setulose, c. 2 mm. Flowers solitary. Pedicels slender, 6-7 mm, with sparse, rather appressed bristle-like hairs. Bracteoles ovate, ciliate, c. 1.2 mm. Calyx glabrous, tube 1 mm, lobes ciliolate, 2 mm. Corolla only known in bud stage, glabrous. Ovary glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Fl.--12.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327864-1
WFO ID wfo-0000650721
COL ID 7VJ3L
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Synonyms

Diplycosia amboinensis