Micrechites grandiflorus (D.J.Middleton) D.J.Middleton

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Micrechites

Characteristics

Climbing shrub. Branches densely tomentose with longer hispid hairs. Leaves: petiole 1.6-2.6 cm long, tomentose; blade ovate, 9.1-14.1 by 5.5-8.7 cm, 1.3-1.7 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse; subcoriaceous; densely tomentose beneath, becoming glabrous above; 10-13 pairs of secondary veins. Inflorescence terminal and axillary forming a panicle, 7.1-12 cm long; tomentose with longer hispid hairs; pedicels 2-2.6 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.9 times as long as wide, 3 by 1.6 mm, apex obtuse, densely tomentose; no colleters seen. Corolla yellow; in bud tube cylindrical with head about the same width; tube 5.7-6.6 mm long, outside densely pubescent, pubescent in throat and inside; lobes 0.8 times as long as the tube, 4.6-5 mm long, densely pubescent on part of lobes exposed in bud. Stamens inserted at c. 2.1 mm from base, c. 0.3 of tube length; filaments 0.9 mm long, with projections from the side; anthers 5.6 times as long as wide, 3.9 by 0.7 mm, narrow triangular, apex acuminate, base sagittate; included in the corolla tube. Disk of 5 oblong lobes; 0.6 times as long as the ovary, 0.6 mm long. Ovaries 1 mm long, pubescent; style 1.8 mm long; style head 1 mm long, base cup-shaped. Fruit unknown.
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Growth form shrub
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Distribution

Micrechites grandiflorus world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77074603-1
WFO ID wfo-0000806148
COL ID 42R76
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Synonyms

Ichnocarpus grandiflorus Micrechites grandiflorus