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19. Biondia Schlechter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36 (Beibl. 82): 91. 1905.

秦岭藤属 qin ling teng shu

Lianas or twining herbs. Leaves linear to lanceolate, usually with minute, pale, adaxial dots. Inflorescences extra-axillary, with 1 to few, umbel-like, rarely elongated cymules. Sepals valvate, often with 5 basal glands. Corolla urceolate or campanulate, lobes valvate. Corona inserted at base of gynostegium, ringlike, shallowly 5-cleft or toothed. Filaments connate into a short tube; anther appendages incurved; pollinia 2 per pollinarium, oblong, pendulous. Stigma head discoid. Follicles usually 1, narrowly lanceolate in outline.

About 13 species: all endemic to China.


1 Corolla interior glabrous.   (2)
+ Corolla interior hairy.   (5)
       
2 (1) Leaf blade 1-1.5 mm wide; corolla ca. 2 mm   8 Biondia longipes
+ Leaf blade 7-15 mm wide; corolla 3-4.5 mm.   (3)
       
3 (2) Corolla lobes 1/3-1/2 as long as tube; leaves 3-6 × 0.7-1 cm   1 Biondia chinensis
+ Corolla lobes less than 1/4 as long as tube; leaves 5-9 × 1-1.5 cm.   (4)
       
4 (3) Inflorescences including flowers 1.5-2.5 cm; corolla broadly cylindric, ca. 2 mm wide   2 Biondia hemsleyana
+ Inflorescences including flowers less than 1 cm; corolla urceolate, ca. 1 mm wide at throat, broader below   3 Biondia parviurnula
       
5 (1) Corolla tube clearly shorter than lobes.   (6)
+ Corolla tube as long as or longer than lobes.   (8)
       
6 (5) Pedicel 2-5 mm; internodes uniformly minutely puberulent when young, later glabrescent; leaf veins mostly obscure, never pale and reticulate   11 Biondia henryi
+ Pedicel 10-15 mm; internodes with distinct lines of hairs; veins of older leaves becoming prominently pale and reticulate.   (7)
       
7 (6) Abaxial leaf surface with 2 or 3 main lateral vein pairs at acute angles to midrib plus up to 6 minor lateral veins at ca. 90º to midrib   12 Biondia insignis
+ Abaxial leaf surface with lateral veins 5-7 pairs at ca. 45º to midrib, all similar   13 Biondia laxa
       
8 (5) Corolla tube urceolate, clearly widest below throat.   (9)
+ Corolla tube cylindric or campanulate, widest at throat or with parallel sides.   (10)
       
9 (8) Internodes puberulent along 1 side only; petiole 5-10 mm   4 Biondia microcentra
+ Internodes uniformly puberulent; petiole 1-2 mm   5 Biondia yunnanensis
       
10 (8) Leaves to 13 mm wide; inflorescences with an umbel-like cyme; sepals glabrous   6 Biondia tsiukowensis
+ Leaves to 5 mm wide; inflorescences often with 2 cymules separated by a distinct rachis; sepals sparsely puberulent.   (11)
       
11 (10) Corolla tube longer than lobes; cymules racemelike with short but distinct rachis   7 Biondia crassipes
+ Corolla tube as long as lobes; cymules umbel-like with rachis completely suppressed.   (12)
       
12 (11) Stems hairy along 1 side only; pedicel 4-6 mm   9 Biondia pilosa
+ Stems minutely hairy along 2 sides; pedicel 7-9 mm   10 Biondia revoluta

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