Lasianthus chevalieri Pit.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Lasianthus

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 2 m tall; branches and branchlets densely yellow villous. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, long, yellow villous; leaf blade subleathery, elliptic-oblong, 11-16 × 3.5-5.5 cm, glabrous adaxially, yellow villous abaxially, base cuneate, apex acuminate; lateral veins ca. 11 pairs, prominent abaxially; nervules parallel, prominent abaxially; stipules generally persistent, narrowly triangular, ca. 3 mm, spreading yellow villous. Inflorescences glomerulate, sessile; bracts inconspicuous. Flowers sessile. Calyx densely pilose; hypanthium portion obconic, 1.5-3 mm; limb with tubular portion 1.5-3 mm; lobes 5-7, linear, 9-14 mm. Corolla tube 12-13 mm; lobes 5-7, lanceolate, 7-8 mm, densely pilose. Fruit subglobose, 6-7 mm in diam., pilose; pyrenes 5-7.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Lasianthus chevalieri world distribution map, present in China, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754917-1
WFO ID wfo-0000223608
COL ID 3SCJ9
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Synonyms

Lasianthus longisepalus Lasianthus chevalieri Lasianthus longisepalus var. jianfengensis