Lasianthus formosensis Matsum.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Lasianthus

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1-2 m tall; branches and branchlets densely villous or villosulous. Petiole 5-8 mm, villous to villosulous; leaf blade papery or subleathery, oblong or ovate-elliptic, 7-12 × 2.5-5 cm, glabrous adaxially, villous or villosulous at least on veins abaxially, base acute or obtuse, apex acuminate or cuspidate-acuminate; lateral veins 6 or 7 pairs; nervules subparallel, slightly elevated abaxially; stipules generally persistent, triangular, ca. 2 mm, villous to villosulous. Inflorescences glomerulate to congested-cymose, sessile to shortly pedunculate; bracts absent. Flowers sessile. Calyx pilosulous to villosulous; hypanthium obconic to campanulate, ca. 1 mm; limb 3-4 mm, deeply lobed; lobes 5, linear-lanceolate. Corolla 6-8 mm, villous outside, tomentose inside; lobes 5, oblong-lanceolate. Fruit ovoid-globose, ca. 5 mm in diam., subglabrous; pyrenes 5. Fl. Oct-Dec, fr. Apr.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Lasianthus formosensis world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:754965-1
WFO ID wfo-0000223683
COL ID 3SCL9
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Synonyms

Lasianthus fordii f. pubescens Lasianthus incomptus Lasianthus tawadae Mephitidia formosensis Lasianthus formosensis Lasianthus tenuicaudatus Lasianthus kwangsiensis Lasianthus fordii var. pubescens Lasianthus formosensis var. liukiuensis Lasianthus tashiroi var. pubescens