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6. Desmos Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 329 ["Desmis"], 352. 1790.
假鹰爪属 jia ying zhua shu
Authors: Bingtao Li, Kwok Wun Ng & Richard M. K. Saunders
Shrubs, erect or scandent, rarely treelets, indument of simple hairs. Petiole short; leaf blade venation arcuately looped near margin. Inflorescences solitary, axillary, superaxillary, or leaf-opposed, 1- or 2-flowered. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, in 2 whorls; each whorl valvate, subequal or outer whorl slightly larger than inner whorl; inner whorl basally constricted around reproductive organs to form enclosed floral chamber. Stamens many; connectives apically truncate or rounded; pollen inaperturate, in monads. Carpels many, free; ovary densely hairy; ovules 1-8 per carpel; stigmas oblong or ovoid, bent, with 1 U-shaped opening and a groove continued down adaxial side of carpel. Fruit apocarpous; monocarps many, shortly stipitate, fleshy, ellipsoid when 1-seeded or moniliform (rarely only slightly so) when more than 1-seeded. Seeds subglobose or ellipsoid.
About 25-30 species: tropical and subtropical Asia; five species (two endemic) in China.
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Outer petals significantly smaller than inner petals; sepals ca. 1 mm; multi-seeded monocarps only slightly moniliform |
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Outer petals slightly larger than or subequal to inner petals; sepals 4-11 mm; multi-seeded monocarps distinctly moniliform |
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Leaf blade secondary veins 10-14 on each side of midvein; monocarps hairy. |
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4 D. yunnanensis |
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Leaf blade secondary veins 7-11 on each side of midvein; monocarps glabrous. |
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5 D. saccopetaloides |
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Young branches densely hairy; leaf blade abaxially with erect hairs. |
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1 D. dumosus |
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Young branches subglabrous to hairy; leaf blade abaxially with appressed hairs |
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Leaf blade 15-28 × 5.5-8 cm, secondary veins 12-17 on each side of midvein; inflorescences to 4-flowered; fruit pedicel 6-8 cm. |
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2 D. grandifolius |
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Leaf blade 6-14 × 2-6.5 cm, secondary veins 7-12 on each side of midvein; inflorescences 1-flowered; fruit pedicel 2-6 cm. |
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3 D. chinensis |
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