Gonolobus Michx.

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae

Characteristics

Herbaceous or semi-woody vines, scandent or sometimes prostrate, variously pubescent or glabrate. Leaves petiolate, usually cordate, sometimes rounded or cuneate basally, glabrous or pubescent. Inflorescence umbelliform or racemiform, pedunculate or subsessile, usually few-flowered. Flowers green, rarely reddish, yellow or white; calyx 5-parted, usually with a single gland at the base of each sinus within; corolla rotate to subcampanulate, the tube usually short, the lobes linear to suborbicular, contorted in bud, the faucal annulus inconspicuous or prominent, usually ciliate; stamens inserted at the base of the corolla, the corona inconspicuous or prominent, carnose, usually 5-lobed, the filaments forming a short tube, the anthers short and broad, dorsally appendaged, the appendages fleshy, usually conspicuous, laminate, variable in form, entire to bi-or trifurcate; pollinia solitary in each theca, inserted horizontally or nearly so, ovoid to pyri-form, conspicuously excavated on one face and with a sterile hyaline portion near the attachment of the translators; stigma apically depressed, sharply 5-angular. Follicles variously shaped, usually glabrous, smooth, tuberculate, or winged; seeds comose.
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Images

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Distribution

Gonolobus world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30002727-2
WFO ID wfo-4000016029
COL ID 4Q98
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 627846
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Synonyms

Gonolobus

Lower taxons

Gonolobus absalonensis Gonolobus dussii Gonolobus iyanolensis Gonolobus waitukubuliensis Gonolobus youroumaynensis Gonolobus antennatus Gonolobus aristolochioides Gonolobus asterias Gonolobus bakeri Gonolobus barbatus Gonolobus breedlovei Gonolobus campii Gonolobus chloranthus Gonolobus cuajayote Gonolobus erianthus Gonolobus eriocladon Gonolobus fimbriatiflorus Gonolobus fraternus Gonolobus fuscoviolaceus Gonolobus grayumii Gonolobus hadrostemma Gonolobus haussknechtii Gonolobus heterophyllus Gonolobus hildegardiae Gonolobus hystrix Gonolobus inaequalis Gonolobus incerianus Gonolobus jaliscensis Gonolobus lasiostemma Gonolobus lasiostomus Gonolobus lewisii Gonolobus luridus Gonolobus nemorosus Gonolobus niger Gonolobus pectinatus Gonolobus peruanus Gonolobus saraguranus Gonolobus stephanotrichus Gonolobus stipitatus Gonolobus truncatifolius Gonolobus uniflorus Gonolobus ustulatus Gonolobus variabilis Gonolobus virescens Gonolobus xanthotrichus Gonolobus albiflorus Gonolobus albomarginatus Gonolobus ancoriferus Gonolobus antioquensis Gonolobus caucanus Gonolobus colombianus Gonolobus croceus Gonolobus cteniophorus Gonolobus fuscus Gonolobus glaberrimus Gonolobus gonocarpos Gonolobus grandiflorus Gonolobus jamaicensis Gonolobus lachnostomoides Gonolobus lanugiflorus Gonolobus leianthus Gonolobus manarae Gonolobus marmoreus Gonolobus mollis Gonolobus ophioglossa Gonolobus ottonis Gonolobus parviflorus Gonolobus retusus Gonolobus riparius Gonolobus rostratus Gonolobus taylorianus Gonolobus sandersii Gonolobus scaber Gonolobus sidifolius Gonolobus sororius Gonolobus stellatus Gonolobus stenanthus Gonolobus stenosepalus Gonolobus striatus Gonolobus suberosus Gonolobus suberosus Gonolobus tenuisepalus Gonolobus tetragonus Gonolobus tingens Gonolobus tobagensis Gonolobus triflorus Gonolobus spiranthus Gonolobus ancorifer Gonolobus esmeraldasianus Gonolobus megalocarpus Gonolobus plowmanii Gonolobus arizonicus Gonolobus asper Gonolobus dorothyanus Gonolobus farenholtzii Gonolobus rotundus Gonolobus calycosus Gonolobus aristolochiifolius Gonolobus stapelioides Gonolobus dasystephanus Gonolobus edulis Gonolobus salvinii Gonolobus chiriquensis Gonolobus bifidus Gonolobus chiapensis Gonolobus cearensis Gonolobus micranthus Gonolobus hammelii Gonolobus macrotis Gonolobus marginatus Gonolobus martinicensis Gonolobus membranaceus Gonolobus purpureus Gonolobus roeanus Gonolobus sagasteguii Gonolobus versicolor Gonolobus exannulatus Gonolobus floribundus Gonolobus germanianus Gonolobus pallidus Gonolobus yucatanensis