Juanulloa Ruiz & Pav.

Genus

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae

Characteristics

panulate, angled, sometimes fleshy, splitting halfway or more into 5 or fewer oblong or lanceolate lobes, mostly dendritic-pubescent outside; corolla bud somewhat pointed apically and slightly imbricate, when expanded mostly yellow, red or orange, tubular, slightly curved or saceate in the upper portion, slightly contracted at the apex with 5 short, deltoid or obtuse lobes, tomentose outside, sometimes pubescent within; stamens 5, equal, included or slightly exserted, inserted low in the tube, sometimes pilose and geniculate at the point of in-sertion, straight above the base, the anthers elongate, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, 4-thecate with a short apicule of mostly connective tissue; ovary superior in an annular, perigynous disc, ovoid, 2-loculed with many ovules, the stigma small. Fruit a many-seeded ovoid berry which does not exceed the calyx lobes; seeds flattened, with a slightly or strongly curved embryo.
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Unarmed shrubs, mostly growing as hemi-epiphytes or doubtfully as parasites, often high in the forest canopy; the ends of the twigs often an expanded cicatrix from fallen leaves or inflorescences. Leaves simple, entire, of moderate size, glabrous to tomentose with dendritic hairs; minor leaves wanting. Inflorescence an open or congested variously branched panicle not exceeding the leaves, or sometimes reduced to a short raceme or spike, the peduncles and pedicels mostly stout and not elongating greatly in fruit. Flowers sometimes showy, calyx cam-
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Images

Juanulloa unspecified picture
Juanulloa unspecified picture

Distribution

Juanulloa world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38404-1
WFO ID wfo-4000019634
COL ID 62VW2
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Synonyms

Juanulloa

Lower taxons

Juanulloa ferruginea Juanulloa membranacea Juanulloa parasitica Juanulloa parviflora Juanulloa speciosa Juanulloa mexicana Juanulloa verrucosa