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Tinantia Scheidw.

Tinantia (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae

Characteristics

Herbs, annual. Roots thin. Leaves spirally arranged; blade occasionally sessile [usually petiolate], glaucous. Inflorescences terminal or terminal and axillary, 1[--several] elongate cyme[s], [occasionally axillary and perforating sheaths], subtended by spathaceous bract; bract leaflike; bracteoles persistent. Flowers bisexual [bisexual and staminate], bilaterally symmetric; pedicels well developed; sepals distinct, subequal; petals distinct, unequal, not clawed, proximal petal small [large], distal 2 blue or blue-violet [white to pink], equal, large; stamens 6, all fertile, polymorphic; proximal 3 stamens long, lateral filaments bearded; medial glabrous, anthers large; distal 3 stamens short, filaments densely bearded, anthers small; filaments connate basally; ovary 3-locular; ovules 2--several per locule, 1-seriate. Capsules 3-valved, 3-locular. Seeds 2--several per locule; hilum linear; embryotega lateral. x = 13, 14, 16, 17.
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Mediocre or fairly large, succulent annuals; stems erect or ascending. Leaves rather large, sheathing at the base. Inflorescence terminal, few-or many-flowered, simple or umbellately compounded at the top of a leafless peduncle. Flowers moderately large, pink, violet, or white; sepals 3, conspicuous and somewhat folia-ceous; petals 3, very unequal in size and usually in coloring; stamens 6, all fertile, but the filaments of the 3 upper bearded and those of the lower naked; pistil 3-celled.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Tinantia world distribution map, present in Angola, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331296-2
WFO ID wfo-4000038447
COL ID 8W47Y
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INPN ID 627931
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Synonyms

Tinantia

Lower taxons

Tinantia erecta Tinantia standleyi Tinantia violacea Tinantia anomala Tinantia caribaea Tinantia glabra Tinantia longipedunculata Tinantia macrophylla Tinantia parviflora Tinantia pringlei Tinantia sprucei Tinantia umbellata Tinantia leiocalyx
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