Microtropis oligantha Merr. & Freeman

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Microtropis

Characteristics

Shrubs; branchlets slender, terete, purplish brown, internodes 3-10 cm. Petiole 5-15 mm; leaf blade rectangular-elliptic, 8-11 × 3-4 cm, thickly papery, abaxially pallid, adaxially olive, base cuneate, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate; secondary veins 5-8 pairs, curved. Cymes glomerate, axillary, 3-7-flowered; peduncle shorter than 1 mm. Flowers 4-or 5-merous, sessile; sepals slightly fleshy, semiorbicular or nephroid, 1.5-2 mm wide; petals rectangular-elliptic or elliptic, ca. 3.5 × 1.5-1.8 mm. Disk annular. Filament ca. 1 mm; anther elliptic, ca. 0.5 mm. Ovary triangular-ovate; style very short; stigma shallowly 2-lobed. Fruit unknown. Fl. Sep.
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Distribution

Microtropis oligantha world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162194-1
WFO ID wfo-0001267570
COL ID 4396L
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Synonyms

Microtropis oligantha