Kopsia griffithii var. pubescens D.J.Middleton

Variety

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Characteristics

Height unknown. Branchlets glabrous, not lenticellate, weakly angled. Leaves: petiole 4-7 mm long, glabrous; blade coriaceous, elliptic, 11.3-17 by 3.9-7.2 cm, 2.6-3.3 times as long as wide, apex long acuminate to caudate with a blunt tip, base acute, glabrous above and beneath, secondary veins 18-23 pairs with 5-14 mm spacing, 60-70° from midrib. Inflorescence dichasial, 11-13 cm long with axes 9.3-10 cm long and branches 1-1.9 mm wide, densely puberulent; peduncle c. 5 cm by c. 2.5 mm, puberulent in upper parts; pedicels 2.1-3.5 mm long, densely puberulent; subtending bracts persistent; bracts absent on pedicel. Sepals ovate, 1.6-2 by 1-1.2 mm, 1.6-1.7 times as long as wide, apex acute, ciliate, sparsely puberulent outside, glabrous inside. Corolla white with a yellow ‘eye’; tube 18-21.5 by 1.6-2.5 mm, 1.7-1.9 times as long as lobes, 9-13.4 times as long as calyx, pubescent around stamens and slightly beneath inside, throat pubescent, glabrous outside; lobes 9.5-12.3 by 2.5-3.5 mm, 3.6-3.8 times as long as wide, elliptic, apex obtuse, not ciliate, glabrous outside and inside. Stamens inserted at 17.5-18 mm from corolla base which is 0.9 of corolla tube length in the rehydrated flower; anthers 1.4-1.5 by 0.3-0.4 mm, 3.5-5 times as long as wide, apex 0.6-0.9 mm from corolla throat. Disk 0.6-0.9 mm long, 0.7-0.8 times as long as ovaries, pubescent, awl-shaped, apex acute. Ovaries 0.9-1.1 mm high, densely pubescent all over; style 16-16.5 mm long; style head 8-1 mm long. Fruit unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Kopsia griffithii var. pubescens world distribution map, present in Malaysia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60436657-2
WFO ID wfo-0001380537
COL ID 5PLY2
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Synonyms

Kopsia griffithii var. pubescens