Neomortonia Wiehler

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Gesneriaceae

Characteristics

Epiphytic or cliff-dwelling herbs; stems pendent, slender, green or reddish, pubescent, frequently branched but not stoloniferous. Leaves opposite and decussate, rarely 3 at the node, small, ovate, obovate or elliptic, membranous, the apex acute or obtuse, toothed, green or reddish, glandular and pubescent; petioles short. Inflorescences axillary, infrequent, usually single-flowered; peduncles and bracts lacking; pedicels pubescent. Flowers with the calyx
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lobes 5, free, green or reddish, pubescent; corolla oblique in the calyx, the tube spurred, infundibuliform, the limb 5-lobed; stamens 4, included; disc reduced to a single bibbed gland; ovary superior, the stigma stomnatomorphic. Fruit an ovoid, laterally compressed berry; seeds striate, the base surrounded by an aril. Chromosomes n = 9 (Wiehler, 1975).
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Distribution

Neomortonia world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298589-2
WFO ID wfo-4000025778
COL ID 622F
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Synonyms

Neomortonia

Lower taxons

Neomortonia rosea