Keenania tonkinensis Drake

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Keenania

Characteristics

Suffrutescent herbs, to 30 cm tall; stems villosulous. Petiole 1-1.5(-4) cm, glabrescent; leaf blade drying thinly papery and abaxially yellowed, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, 4-6(-12) × 2-2.5(-5) cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glabrous or often sparsely villosulous, base acuminate or cuneate, apex acute; secondary veins 8-10 pairs; stipules triangular, ca. 8 mm, long acuminate. Peduncle 1-3.5 cm; involucral bracts orbicular, elliptic-oblong, or subovate, 6-7 mm. Calyx with hypanthium portion broadly obconical, ca. 1 mm; lobes 5, triangular, 4-5 × ca. 1.5 mm, veined. Corolla white; tube ca. 6 mm, slightly swollen at base, slightly constricted in throat; lobes 5, ca. 1 mm. Fruit not seen.
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Distribution

Keenania tonkinensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754651-1
WFO ID wfo-0000220706
COL ID 3R4DY
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Synonyms

Keenania tonkinensis