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Geniostoma rupestre J. R. Forster & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 24. 1776; Li & Leeuwenberg, Fl. China 15: 323. 1996.

偽木荔枝

  • Geniostema glabra Matsum.

    Glabrous shrubs. Leaves chataceous, oblong to ovate, 7-10 cm long, 3.5-5 cm broad, obtuse to obtusely acuminate, base obtuse, margins entire, surfaces nearly concolored, costa slightly impressed above, raised beneath, lateral veins about 5 per side, slightly distinct on both surfaces; petioles 8-10 mm long. Inflorescences in axillary cymes ca. 10 mm long, peduncles ca. 5 mm long, mostly 3-flowered, pedicels 3-5 mm long, bracts and bracteoles ovate, less than 1 mm long; calyx ca. 2 mm long, the lobes 5, ovate, cilliate at the margins; corolla ca. 3.5 cm long, vilose within, lobes 5, ca. 1.5 mm long and broad; anthers sessile; ovary ovoid.

    TAITUNG: Lanyu Is., Liao 1225, Peng 10723.

    SE Asia, Australia and W Pacific Islands. Taiwan, in thickets on the Lanyu Is. and Lutao Is. only.


     

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