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