Lasianthus wardii C.E.C.Fisch. & Kaul

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Lasianthus

Characteristics

Shrubs, height unknown; branchlets fuscous tomentose. Petiole 5-10 mm, tomentose; leaf blade papery, dark olivaceous adaxially, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate-oblong, 12-17 × 3.5-6 cm, glabrous adaxially, brown-or fuscous tomentose abaxially especially on nerves, base cuneate, apex caudate-acuminate; lateral veins ca. 7 pairs, elevated abaxially; nervules subreticulate; stipules broadly ovate, cuspidate. Inflorescences glomerulate, sessile; bracts absent. Flowers sessile. Calyx brown tomentose; hypanthium portion campanulate, very short; limb deeply lobed; lobes 5, oblong, ca. 3 mm, obtuse. Corolla shortly brown tomentose outside; tube up to 1.6 cm, whitish-or brownish pilose in upper half inside; lobes 5, triangular-ovate, ca. 4.5 mm. Fruit not seen.
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Distribution

Lasianthus wardii world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:755184-1
WFO ID wfo-0000223996
COL ID 6NYFJ
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Synonyms

Lasianthus wardii Litosanthes wardii