Streptoechites chinensis (Merr.), 2012
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/a2012n2a10 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5628D152-AF77-FFD8-FCEF-FE70FF45FBA1 |
treatment provided by |
Carolina |
scientific name |
Streptoechites chinensis (Merr.) |
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comb. nov. |
Streptoechites chinensis (Merr.) View in CoL
D.J.Middleton & Livsh., comb. nov. ( Fig. 2 View FIG )
Epigynum chinense Merr., Philippine View in CoL Journal of Science 23: 262 (1923); Xu, Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 88 (6): 25 (1988). — Sindechites chinensis (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang, Sunyatsenia View in CoL 3: 152 (1936); Kerr in Craib, Florae Siamensis Enumeratio 2: 471 (1939); Tsiang & P.T. Li., Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 63: 170 (1977); P.T.Li et al., Flora of China 16: 188 (1995); Middleton, Flora of Thailand 7: 135 (1999). — Cleghornia chinensis (Merr.) P.T.Li View in CoL , Guihaia View in CoL 4: 192 (1984).
TYPUS. — China, Hainan, Yik Tsok Mau, McClure 9710
(lecto-, A, designated by Middleton (2005); isolecto-,
A, BM, E, G, K, NY, P [P00495801], PNH, UC, US,
Z; Figs 2 View FIG ; 3 View FIG ).
DISTRIBUTION. — Hainan, Vietnam and Thailand.
Given its known distribution it is very likely also to
be in Laos ( Fig. 3 View FIG ).
REDESCRIPTION
Branchlets glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Leaves: petiole 2-3.4 mm long, glabrous to puberulent; blade papery, ovate, 2.4-7.7 × 1.1-3.4 cm, 1.6- 2.6 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base rounded, few hairs on midrib beneath, 3-5 pairs of secondary veins strongly ascending, tertiary venation obscure. Inflorescence 2.5-5 cm long, glabrous or minutely puberulent; peduncle delicate, 0.8-2.6 cm long; pedicels 5-8 mm. Sepals ovate, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 mm, apex acute; glabrous, ciliate; colleters present in axils. Corolla white; tube 9-15 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, outside puberulent at top of tube, pubescent around mouth and inside; lobes 2-3.5 mm long, pubescent outside. Stamens inserted at about half of corolla tube length from base; anthers 1.5-2.6 × 0.6-0.7 mm. Disk 0.7-1 mm high, more deeply divided either side of ovaries so almost 2-lobed. Ovaries c. 1 mm long, glabrous; style and style head 4.8-6.8 mm long. Fruits weakly torulose, 8.9-17 cm long, 2.5-5 mm wide, glabrous, style twisted in fruit. Seeds narrowly elliptic, somewhat elongated at coma end, 13-18 × 1.4-1.7 mm; coma 2.4- 3.4 cm long.
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Streptoechites chinensis (Merr.)
Middleton, David J. & Livshultz, Tatyana 2012 |
Epigynum chinense Merr., Philippine
Middleton 1999: 135 |
P. T. Li et al. 1995: 188 |
Xu 1988: 25 |
P. T. Li 1984: 192 |
Tsiang & P. T. Li. 1977: 170 |
Craib 1939: 471 |
Markgr. & Tsiang 1936: 152 |
Merr. 1923: 262 |