Purdiaea nutans Planch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Clethraceae > Purdiaea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves usually crowded at branch tips, generally sessile. Inflorescence generally terminal, racemose, bracts scarious, bracteoles absent; sepals unequal, outer sepals lobes conspicuously enlarged and with ciliate/fimbriate margins, often enlarged in fruit; stamens 10, in two whorls, anthers opening by apical pores; ovary usually 5-locular, 1-ovulate, style elongate. Fruit indehiscent, 3-5-ribbed, dry, enclosed in persistent sepals, seeds 1-5.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Purdiaea nutans world distribution map, present in Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Purdiaea nutans threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:315965-1
WFO ID wfo-0000396875
COL ID 4QK27
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Synonyms

Purdiaea nutans Purdiaea weberbaueri Alloiosepalum weberbaueri Costaea nutans