Gibsoniothamnus alatus A.H.Gentry

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Schlegeliaceae > Gibsoniothamnus

Characteristics

Shrub, ?hemiepiphytic or epiphytic, to 1.3 m tall; stems subterete or angled, slender, the nodes sometimes crowded. Leaves ovate, elliptical or obovate, apically obtuse or acuminate, basally narrowed, acuminate, the margins some-times somewhat revolute, the major veins impressed above, slightly elevated beneath, mostly with 3 strongly ascending somewhat arcuate pinnate veins on each side of the costa, glabrate, sometimes with ciliate margined pores (domatia) in the vein axils beneath, sometimes minutely pubescent at the tip beneath, minutely glandular punctate beneath; petioles mostly drying dark, slightly chan-neled above, minutely pubescent beneath. Inflorescences reduced terminal racemes, few flowered, the flowers sometimes solitary, pedicels to 18 mm long,
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slender but broadening upwards, glabrate, articulating at or just above the base, the bract deltoid, minute, often appressed to the pedicel. Flowers purple, the calyx ca. 1.8 mm long, the teeth ventrally conduplicate, the dorsal surface enated to form narrow wings which run from the base of the cup to the tips, the sinuses acute in flower, nonmembranaceous, running down to 6-8 mm from the calyx base, in fruit forming a membranous sleeve, the cup not distinct from the wings; corolla white, tubular, ca. 18 mm long, ca. 3 mm thick, the lobes rotund, short, with a short, spreading limb; stamens not seen; style (Gentry) 18 mm long, the ovary globose. Fruit mostly enveloped by the calyx sleeve, the tip perhaps exserted.
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Distribution

Gibsoniothamnus alatus world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:277522-2
WFO ID wfo-0000782347
COL ID 3FZRQ
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Synonyms

Gibsoniothamnus alatus