Parsonsia sanguinea var. millikenii D.J.Middleton

Variety

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Characteristics

Branchlets with only the occasional small hair. Leaves opposite; petiole 0.8-1.4 cm long; blade coriaceous, elliptic to oblong, 2.3-8.5 by 0.8-3.7 cm, 1.7-2.7(-3.8) times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base rounded to obtuse, glabrous, 7-9 pairs of secondary veins, tertiary venation obscure. Inflorescence of delicate axillary cymes, 2.2-3.5 cm long; glabrous; peduncles 1.1-2.5 cm long; pedicels 5-7.7 mm long. Sepals ovate, 1.1-1.3 by 0.8-0.9 mm, 1.2-1.4 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, glabrous. Corolla white to pale green with mauve lobes, buds ovoid, lobes slightly overlapping, open corolla salverform; tube 2.2-3.2 mm long, 1.7-2.9 times as long as sepals, 0.8-1.7 times as long as lobes; lobes elliptic, 2-2.8 by 1-1.1 mm; glabrous outside, densely pubescent in throat with downward pointing hairs. Stamens inserted at c. 0.5 mm from corolla base which is c. 0.2 of tube length; filaments straight, pubescent, c. 2.5 mm long; anthers with rounded tails, c. 3.7 by 0.5 mm, c. 7.4 times as long as wide. Disk of 5 separate lobes, oblong, apex acuminate, c. 1 mm long. Ovary c. 1 mm long; style c. 2.6 mm long; style head c. 0.7 mm long. Fruit unknown.
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Distribution

Parsonsia sanguinea var. millikenii world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:995746-1
WFO ID wfo-0001390674
COL ID 5QJ62
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Synonyms

Parsonsia sanguinea var. millikenii