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8. Crawfurdia Wallich, Tent. Fl. Napal. 63. 1826.

蔓龙胆属 man long dan shu

Gentiana sect. Protocrawfurdia Harry Smith.

Perennials, twining or rarely erect. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, 1 or 2-flowered or in cymes. Flowers 5merous. Calyx tube 10-veined. Corolla tubular, funnelform, or campanulate; plicae present. Stamens inserted on corolla tube, symmetric, equal. Nectaries 5 at ovary base. Ovary 1locular; ovules many. Fruit a capsule, many seeded. Seeds compressed, wings discoid.

Sixteen species: Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Sikkim; 14 species in China.


1 Calyx lobes connate at base into a cupular limb.   (2)
+ Calyx lobes not connate at base into a cupular limb.   (3)
       
2 (1) Calyx lobes ovate, 5-10 × 5-6 mm; corolla 4-5 cm, lobes 4-6 × ca. 5 mm   2 Crawfurdia campanulacea
+ Calyx lobes ovate-triangular, 3-5 × ca. 1.5 mm; corolla ca. 3 cm, lobes ca. 3 × 3-4 mm   3 Crawfurdia tsangshanensis
       
3 (1) Calyx tube with intracalycular membranes at apex.   (4)
+ Calyx tube without intracalycular membranes at apex.   (9)
       
4 (3) Corolla 5-8.5 cm.   (5)
+ Corolla 2-4.5 cm.   (7)
       
5 (4) Stems dark purple spotted   4 Crawfurdia maculaticaulis
+ Stems not dark purple spotted.   (6)
       
6 (5) Corolla 6-8.5 cm, lobes 1-1.7 cm; plicae broadly triangular; fruiting gynophore less than 0.5 cm   1 Crawfurdia angustata
+ Corolla ca. 5 cm, lobes ca. 0.3 cm; plicae semiorbicular to truncate; fruiting gynophore 3-4 cm   6 Crawfurdia sessiliflora
       
7 (4) Calyx lobes reflexed   5 Crawfurdia pricei
+ Calyx lobes not reflexed.   (8)
       
8 (7) Plants with fleshy rhizomes; leaf blade ovate; petiole 5-7 mm   7 Crawfurdia speciosa
+ Plants without fleshy rhizomes; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; petiole to 3 mm   8 Crawfurdia thibetica
       
9 (3) Leaf blade densely hirsute   9 Crawfurdia puberula
+ Leaf blade glabrous or sparsely hirsute along veins.   (10)
       
10 (9) Corolla 2-3.5 cm.   (11)
+ Corolla more than 3.5 cm.   (12)
       
11 (10) Upper leaf blades lanceolate, ca. 1 cm wide; calyx tube longer than lobes; corolla 3-3.5 cm   10 Crawfurdia delavayi
+ Upper leaf blades ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 2-3 cm wide; calyx tube as long as lobes; corolla 2-2.5 cm   11 Crawfurdia gracilipes
       
12 (10) Calyx lobes spatulate, apex obtuse; corolla funnelform, lobes ca. 6 mm   14 Crawfurdia semialata
+ Calyx lobes lanceolate, apex acute; corolla campanulate, lobes 2-4 mm.   (13)
       
13 (12) Leaf blade glabrous; petiole 1-2 cm   12 Crawfurdia dimidiata
+ Leaf blade abaxially hirsute along veins; petiole to 0.3 cm   13 Crawfurdia crawfurdioides

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