Guihaiothamnus H.S.Lo

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae

Characteristics

Subshrubs, unarmed; roots woody and stout. Raphides presumably absent. Leaves opposite, often congested or apparently fascicled at stem apices, without domatia; stipules caducous, apparently interpetiolar, triangular. Inflorescences terminal or pseudoaxillary, congested-cymose or subcapitate, several flowered, sessile to shortly pedunculate, bracteate with bracts linear. Flowers shortly pedicellate or subsessile, presumably bisexual, with biology unknown. Calyx limb deeply 5-lobed. Corolla pink, salverform with tube slender and abruptly expanded in throat, inside pubescent; lobes 5, convolute in bud. Stamens 5, inserted in corolla throat, partially exserted; filaments short to reduced. Ovary 2-celled, ovules numerous in each cell on fleshy, peltate, axile placentas; stigma 2-lobed with lobes capitate, exserted. Fruit purplish red, baccate, fleshy, subglobose, with calyx lobes tardily deciduous; seeds numerous, small, angled, reticulate.
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Distribution

Guihaiothamnus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007331-1
WFO ID wfo-4000016347
COL ID 8VXZP
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Synonyms

Guihaiothamnus

Lower taxons

Guihaiothamnus acaulis