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Tupistra Ker Gawl.

Genus

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, monopodial. Rhizome usually ascending, rarely creeping, thick, stout, sometimes slightly woody. Stem very short. Leaves basal, alternate fasciculate or distichous equitant, distinctly petiolate or not; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate to ovate. Scape axillary. Inflorescence a terminal spike, 2-to many flowered, without sterile bracts apically; bracts deltoid to ovate, usually shorter than flowers. Perianth segments 6 or 8, connate for 1/2--2/3 their length into a tube, fleshy; lobes spreading. Stamens 6 or 8; filaments nearly wholly adnate to perianth tube; anthers positioned lower than stigma, dorsifixed. Ovary 3-or 4-loculed; ovules 2 per locule. Style 1, cylindric, 4--12 mm; stigma peltate to mushroom-shaped, 2--7 mm in diam., fleshy. Fruit a berry, 1-seeded.
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Stemless herbs. Rhizome tuberous or horizontal, thick and woody; roots thick and fleshy. Leaves large, basal, scattered or distichous, usually distinctly petioled, expanding towards the base to form a sheath, with a strong main vein and numerous finer veins. Inflorescence a spike. Flowers numerous, each in the axil of a bract. Perianth segments 6 or 8, fleshy, fused, campanulate, equal. Anthers sessile or subsessile, inserted in tube, dorsifixed, oblong or ovoid, introrse. Ovary superior, sessile, subglobose or not externally differentiated from style, 3(-4)-celled; ovules 2 in each locule; style cylindrical; stigma large, peltate or capitate, entire or variously lobed. Fruit a globose berry, usually 1-seeded; seeds turgid; perianth persisting below the fruit.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Most frequently recorded from dry evergreen forest, often in deep shade and often from near streams.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Tupistra world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Iceland, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328258-2
WFO ID wfo-4000039586
COL ID 8W4GX
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Synonyms

Tupistra

Lower taxons

Tupistra muricata Tupistra nutans Tupistra violacea Tupistra grandistigma Tupistra grandis Tupistra fungilliformis Tupistra pingbianensis Tupistra sumatrensis Tupistra ochracea Tupistra clarkei Tupistra urceolata Tupistra penangensis Tupistra hongheensis Tupistra breviscapa Tupistra densiflora Tupistra patula Tupistra theana Tupistra khangii Tupistra tupistroides Tupistra squalida Tupistra stoliczana Tupistra laotica Tupistra kressii Tupistra elegans Tupistra robusta Tupistra malaiana
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