Physacantheae

Manzitto-Tripp, Erin A., Darbyshire, Iain, Daniel, Lucinda A. McDade Thomas F. & Kiel, Carrie A., 2022, Revised classification of Acanthaceae and worldwide dichotomous keys, TAXON 71 (1), pp. 103-153 : 140

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1002/tax.12600

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14061123

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03884F74-FFCD-8B68-450B-C9A2975296ED

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Physacantheae
status

 

Physacantheae E.Tripp & I.Darbysh. tr. nov.

– Type: Physa- canthus Benth.

= Haselhoffiinae Lindau in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzen- fam., Nachtr. 1: 305. 1897 – Type: Haselhoffia Lindau (= Physacanthus ).

Trailing, decumbent or weakly erect herbs, cystoliths absent; leaves opposite but sometimes closely spaced and rosette-forming, often variegated; inflorescences terminal, 1- to several-flowered; calyces cylindrical or inflated, lobes fused for most of their length; corolla white to purple, tube narrowly cylindrical, geniculate at apex, limb subactinomorphic with 5 equal lobes, aestivation left-contort; androecium of 4 stamens with monothecous anthers plus 1 staminode; stigma clavate, 2-lobed; capsule cylindrical, (4–) 6–9-seeded, retinacula present, seeds with papillose processes on the surface; pollen with compound germinal apertures, prolate, 3-colporate with 3 interapertural pseudocolpi.

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF