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4. Leycesteria Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 181. 1824.
鬼吹箫属 gui chui xiao shu
Shrubs, deciduous; branches hollow or with solid pith. Leaves simple, opposite, margin entire or serrate, occasionally sinuate; stipules present or absent. Inflorescence a spike or flowers in sessile whorls of 6, terminal or axillary, often with conspicuous leaflike involucral bracts. Sepals 5. Corolla 5-lobed, white, pink, purple-red, or orange-yellow, funnelform, regular; tube gibbous at base. Stamens 5; anthers dorsifixed. Ovary 5-, 7-, or 8-locular, with numerous ovules per locule; style long, slender; stigmas peltate or capitate. Fruit a berry, with persistent calyx; seeds minute, numerous.
Five species: Sino-Himalayan region; four species in China.
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Inflorescence a spike with flowers in pairs |
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Inflorescence with flowers in whorls of 6 |
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Interpetiolar stipules absent; petioles 5-10 mm; ovary glabrous, usually 7- or 8-locular. |
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3 L. gracilis |
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Interpetiolar stipules present; petioles 2-4 mm; ovary pubescent at anthesis, usually 5-locular. |
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4 L. glaucophylla |
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Interpetiolar stipules absent; branches hollow; abaxial leaf surfaces, petioles, and inflorescences sparsely adpressed pubescent or subglabrous. |
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1 L. formosa |
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Interpetiolar stipules present; branches with solid pith; abaxial leaf surfaces, petioles, and inflorescences densely lanate. |
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2 L. stipulata |
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