Telosma Coville

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae

Characteristics

Lianas. Leaves opposite, long petiolate. Cymes extra-axillary, pendulous, rachis laxly branched. Calyx with 5 glands at base. Corolla tube cylindric, with enlarged base, throat sometimes constricted; lobes patent, twisted to right. Corona lobes 5, adnate to base of staminal tube, margin and apex free, erect, oblong, obtuse, with ligulate inner lobes adnate to near apex, or corona lobes notched. Filaments connate into a tube; membranous anther appendages incurved; pollinia 2 per pollinarium, oblong, erect. Stigma head convex or conical. Follicles thick, acuminate, smooth. Seeds comose.
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Images

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Distribution

Telosma world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3755-1
WFO ID wfo-4000037732
COL ID 7TLM
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Synonyms

Telosma

Lower taxons

Telosma africana Telosma angustiloba Telosma pallida Telosma procumbens Telosma accedens Telosma puberula Telosma cordata Telosma celebica