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Dolichandrone (Fenzl) Seem.

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae

Characteristics

Trees with 1-pinnate leaves (or scattered simple leaves, extra-Mal.), leaflets entire (or serrulate, extra-Mal.). Flowers in few-flowered terminal racemes, salver-shaped, white, fragrant, nocturnal. Calyx not articulate, closed in bud, later spathaceous, caducous. Basal tube of corolla long, narrow-cylindric, upper part inflated, lobes mostly crisped. Stamens 4, didynamous, 5th rudimentary, inserted at the throat; anther-cells divergent. Disk annular. Ovules in 4-6 rows, inserted on 2 placentas in each cell, on the septum. Capsule elongate subcylindric to ± compressed, septum very narrow, false septum very broad and parallel with the valves. Seeds hyaline-winged, in the Mai. sp. rectangular with thick corky wings.
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Capsule narrowly linear in outline, terete or compressed parallel to the false septum, straight or curved bivalved loculicidally dehiscent; seeds flat, winged, 1-several on each side of the wing.
Corolla campanulate; tube narrowly cylindrical long exceeding the calyx; lobes 5, subequal, wavy at the margin.
Flowers born in terminal panicles, racemes or racemose panicles, fragrant, opening during the night.
Stamens 4, didynamous, anthers included, introrse, glabrous; staminode present, very small.
Calyx spathaceously splitting along the posterior side, beaked at the apex.
Ovary oblong, cylindric, bilocular; ovules many, pluriseriate.
Leaves opposite, imparipinnate, deciduous.
Unarmed shrubs or trees.
Disk annular, thick.
Life form annual
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

All inland species, except the wide-ranging D. spathacea which is a back-mangrove tree.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Dolichandrone unspecified picture

Distribution

Dolichandrone world distribution map, present in Australia, Indonesia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1112258-2
WFO ID wfo-4000012345
COL ID 47F2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 672588
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Dolichandrone

Lower taxons

Dolichandrone heterophylla Dolichandrone alba Dolichandrone alternifolia Dolichandrone atrovirens Dolichandrone columnaris Dolichandrone falcata Dolichandrone filiformis Dolichandrone serrulata Dolichandrone arcuata Dolichandrone spathacea Dolichandrone spathacea
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