Ixora hekouensis Tao Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Ixora

Characteristics

Climbing shrubs. Stems glabrous. Leaves opposite; petiole 4-6 mm; blade drying papery and grayish brown, elliptic-oblong to obovate, 10-18 × 3-7 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, apex rather abruptly contracted and acute to acuminate; secondary veins 7-9 pairs; stipules persistent, ovate, 6-7 mm, with arista slightly longer than stipule. Inflorescences terminal, corymbose, 7-8 × 3.5-5 cm, several flowered, puberulent; peduncle 3-5 cm; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 3.5-5 mm; pedicels 2-3 mm. Flowers pedicellate. Calyx puberulent; hypanthium subglobose, ca. 2 mm; limb deeply lobed; lobes triangular, 1-1.2 mm. Corolla white; tube 18-20 mm, glabrous at throat; lobes narrowly elliptic-oblong, 5-6 mm, obtuse. Drupe unknown. Fl. Jun-Aug.
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Ixora hekouensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77112359-1
WFO ID wfo-0000921793
COL ID 3QH5J
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Synonyms

Ixora gracilis Ixora hekouensis