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2. Leptocodon (J. D. Hooker & Thomson) Lemaire, Ill. Hort. 3. Misc. 49. 1856.
细钟花属 xi zhong hua shu
Authors: Deyuan Hong, Thomas G. Lammers & Laura L. Klein
Codonopsis subg. Leptocodon J. D. Hooker & Thomson, Ill. Himal. Pl. t. 16, A. 1855.
Vines, perennial. Stems slender. Leaves alternate, but on branches often opposite or subopposite. Flowers solitary, outside axils, less frequently in axils, or opposite to leaves. Calyx 5-lobed, tube broadly obconical. Corolla tubular, 5-lobed. Stamens 5; filaments long, base slightly dilated, alternate with 5 free, lamellar glands. Ovary semi-inferior, with superior part narrowly conical, 3-locular; style long; stigma 3-fid, segments clavate. Capsule 3-loculicidal at superior part. Seeds numerous.
Two species: Bhutan, SW China, N India, N Myanmar, E Nepal; two species (one endemic) in China.
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Plants glabrous throughout except young leaves sparsely villous; calyx lobes linear-oblong, often reflexed, distant from each other, glabrous, base clawlike. |
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1 L. gracilis |
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Plants ± hairy, rarely sparsely villous only on leaf margin; calyx lobes ovate to narrowly ovate, not reflexed, overlapping each other, at least villous on margin, base obtuse, truncate, or cordate, but not clawlike. |
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2 L. hirsutus |
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