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20. Rungia Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 77, 109. 1832.
孩儿草属 hai er cao shu
Authors: Jia-qi Hu & Thomas F. Daniel
Herbs, decumbent to erect, with cystoliths. Leaves petiolate; leaf blade margin entire. Inflorescences axillary or terminal spikes, secund or 4-sided, sometimes reduced to a single flower; bracts 2- or 4-ranked but usually only 2 ranks fertile, homomorphic or heteromorphic, usually imbricate, margin usually scarious or hyaline; bracteoles similar to bracts or narrower. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes equal or subequal. Corolla small; tube basally cylindric, distally ± expanded; limb 2-lipped; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed; upper lip erect, rugula (stylar furrow) present, margin entire to emarginate; lobes ascending cochlear in bud. Stamens 2, inserted in corolla throat; anthers 2-thecous; thecae subequal in size, superposed, lower one white spurred at base. Ovary with 2 ovules per locule; stigma entire or slightly 2-cleft. Capsule shortly stalked, ovoid or oblong, 4-seeded; retinacula present; septa (with attached retinacula) separating from inner wall of mature capsule. Seeds compressed, verrucose, lacking trichomes.
About 50 species: Old World tropics and subtropics; 16 species (12 endemic) in China.
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Flowers solitary in apical leaf axils or in 2-sided spikes; bracts 2- or 4-ranked, all fertile |
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Spikes 1-sided; bracts 4-ranked, each 2 fertile or sterile |
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Flowers solitary in apical leaf axils. |
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1 R. axilliflora |
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Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes |
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Plants 6-10 cm tall; spikes globose or ovoid, 0.5-1 cm. |
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2 R. mina |
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Plants more than 20 cm tall; spikes cylindric, 1-7 cm |
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Bracts without hyaline margin. |
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3 R. densiflora |
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Bracts with hyaline margin |
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Bracteoles elliptic, ca. 1/2 as long as bracts. |
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4 R. chinensis |
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Bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, as long as bracts. |
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5 R. stolonifera |
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Bract margins not ciliate |
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Bract margins ciliate |
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Sterile and fertile bracts different in shape; fertile bracts oblong, ca. 0.7 cm, apex rounded. |
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6 R. guangxiensis |
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Sterile and fertile bracts similar in shape; fertile bracts oblong to elliptic-oblong, ca. 1.5 cm, apex acute. |
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7 R. pinpienensis |
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Fertile bracts circular, obovate, elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or sphenoid, apex rounded, obtuse, or emarginate |
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Fertile bracts lanceolate-linear, oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate, ovate, or elliptic, apex acute, acuminate, or cuspidate |
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Fertile bracts circular to obovate, apex rounded to obtuse to emarginate and mucronate. |
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8 R. pectinata |
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Fertile bracts sphenoid, elliptic, obovate, or obovate-elliptic, apex rounded and not mucronate |
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Fertile bracts sphenoid. |
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9 R. monetaria |
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Fertile bracts elliptic, obovate-elliptic, or obovate |
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Fertile bracts elliptic to obovate-elliptic. |
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10 R. longipes |
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Fertile bracts obovate. |
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11 R. bisaccata |
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Bracts abaxially gland-tipped pubescent. |
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12 R. pungens |
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Bracts glabrous or non-glandular pubescent |
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Fertile bracts elliptic, broader at middle |
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Fertile bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate-linear, broader at base |
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Leaf blade pubescent abaxially. |
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13 R. napoensis |
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Leaf blade glabrous on both surfaces. |
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14 R. yunnanensis |
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Leaf blade glabrous. |
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15 R. taiwanensis |
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Leaf blade pubescent along veins and ciliate on margin. |
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16 R. hirpex |
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List of lower taxa
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