Hemiboea subcapitata C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Gesneriaceae > Hemiboea

Characteristics

Stems 10-40 cm, sparsely purple-brown or purple spotted, glabrous to pubescent, simple, with 4-8 nodes. Petiole 0.5-7 (-9) cm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate or obovate, 3-22 X 1.4-11.5 cm, adaxially nearly glabrous to pubescent, abaxially glabrous to pubescent, base usually slightly unequal, cuneate to attenuate and decurrent, sometimes touching at node, margin entire to weakly serrate, shallowly crenate toward apex, or densely denticulate, apex acute to acuminate, vermiform sclereids dispersed in leaf mesophyll; lateral veins 5-7 on each side of midrib. Cymes (1-)3-10-or more flowered; peduncle 2-7(-13) cm, glabrous; involucre 1-2.5 cm in diam., outside glabrous, seldom pilose. Calyx 5-sect from base; segments equal, lanceolate to narrowly ovate or elliptic to oblong, 6-12 X 3-4.5 mm, outside and margin glabrous. Corolla outside white, inside purple spotted, 3.5-4.2 cm, outside sparsely glandular puberulent, inside with a ring of hairs; tube 2.8-3.5 cm; adaxial lip 5-7 mm; abaxial lip 6-9 mm. Anthers 3-4.5 mm; staminodes 3, 2-8 mm. Pistil 3-4 cm, glabrous. Capsule 1.5-2.5 cm. Fl. Aug-Oct, fr. Oct-Dec.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Images

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Distribution

Hemiboea subcapitata world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:381343-1
WFO ID wfo-0001223788
COL ID 3KLXX
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Synonyms

Didymocarpus hwaianus Hemiboea marmorata Hemiboea henryi Hemiboea subcapitata Hemiboea henryi var. major Hemiboea subcapitata var. denticulata Hemiboea subcapitata var. intermedia Hemiboea subcapitata var. sordidopuberula Hemiboea subcapitata var. subcapitata

Lower taxons

Hemiboea subcapitata var. guangdongensis