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11. Echinacanthus Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 75, 90. 1832.
恋岩花属 lian yan hua shu
Authors: Jia-qi Hu & Thomas F. Daniel
Shrubs or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite; leaf blade margin entire. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, branched cymes; bracts narrow to subleaflike; bracteoles inconspicuous or absent. Calyx often gland-tipped hairy, deeply 5-lobed; lobes equal or subequal. Corolla purple or yellow, funnel-shaped to campanulate; tube ventricose; limb 5-lobed; lobes subequal, contorted in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments connate at base into 2 pairs; anthers 2-thecous; thecae parallel, hirsute, spurred at base. Ovary with 4-8 ovules per locule; stigma 2-lobed, one lobe reduced. Capsule linear-cylindric to linear-oblong, 8-16-seeded; retinacula present. Seeds subovate in outline, compressed, covered with hygroscopic trichomes.
Four species: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Vietnam; three species (two endemic) in China.
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Herbs to 20 cm tall. |
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1 E. longipes |
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Subshrubs or shrubs more than 50 cm tall |
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Corolla purple, 2-2.5 cm, outside glabrous; anther thecae each with 2 basal spurs. |
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2 E. longzhouensis |
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Corolla yellow, ca. 4 cm, outside pubescent; anther thecae each with 1 basal spur. |
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3 E. lofouensis |
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