Conostegia sect. Australis Kriebel, 2016
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.67.6703 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC38729F-7E4D-53E3-AEA8-EE643A715D73 |
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scientific name |
Conostegia sect. Australis Kriebel |
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sect. nov. |
Conostegia sect. Australis Kriebel sect. nov.
Diagnosis.
A mostly South American group distinguished by the following combination of characters: pleiostemonous flowers, calyx calyptrate, lacking calyx teeth altogether, and with conspicuous sclereids internally exserted styles, stamens lacking a filament geniculation but frequently bearing an evident distinction between the filament and the anther, exserted style, most species lacking a stele inside the style, mucilage inside the ovary present, and seeds ovoid and smooth.
Type.
Conostegia lasiopoda Benth.
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