Cyrtandra laxiflora

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

Description

Genus Cyrtandra

Herbs, shrubs , or seldom small trees , perennial , terrestrial , not rhizomatous . Stems branched or simple . Leaves usually few, along stem, opposite, whorled , or rarely alternate, equal to subequal in a pair; leaf blade glabrous to densely pubescent , pilose , villous , or sericeous , base attenuate to cuneate, rarely to cordate. Inflorescences lax or dense, axillary or rarely cauliflorous , 1- to many-flowered cymes; bracts 2 or absent, opposite. Calyx actinomorphic or zygomorphic; 2-5(or 6) -lobed; lobes equal to unequal. Corolla white to yellow, occasionally green, orange, reddish, or purplish, zygomorphic or rarely actinomorphic, inside glabrous to pubescent; tube campanulate to salverform , funnelform , or cylindric , not swollen, usually much longer than limb; limb usually 2-lipped; adaxial lip 2-lobed, shorter than to slightly exceeding abaxial lip; abaxial lip 3-lobed, lobes equal or central lobe longer, apex rounded or obtuse , rarely acute. Stamens 2, adnate to abaxial side of corolla tube near middle , usually included ; anthers basifixed to dorsifixed , coherent or free , thecae slightly divergent to divergent, confluent or not, dehiscing longitudinally; connective not projecting or apiculate ; staminodes 2 or 3, adnate to adaxial side of corolla tube. Disc ringlike or rarely cupular. Ovary ovoid to oblong , 1-loculed; placentas 2, parietal , projecting inward, 2-cleft. Stigma 1, terminal , capitate to ovoid or obtriangular, undivided or sometimes 2-lobed. Berry fleshy to leathery, ovoid to oblong, slightly longer to shorter than calyx, indehiscent. Seeds unappendaged.

About 350-600 species: SE Asia, Pacific Islands; one species in China."Cyrtandra". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 395. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Cyrtandra adpressipilosa St. John
2. Cyrtandra campaniformis St. John
3. Cyrtandra infrapallida St. John
4. Cyrtandra kailuaensis St. John
5. Cyrtandra laxiflora Mann
6. Cyrtandra longicalyx St. John
7. Cyrtandra stupantha St. John & Storey

Notes

Publishing author : St .John & Storey Publication : Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. xx. 88 (1950). Publishing author: St.John Publication: in Bull . Bishop Mus., Honolulu No. 229, 350 (1966) Publishing author: St.John Publication: in Bull. Bishop Mus., Honolulu No. 229, 172 (1966) Publishing author: St.John Publication: in Bull. Bishop Mus., Honolulu No. 229, 262 (1966) Publishing author: St.John Publication: in Bull. Bishop Mus., Honolulu No. 229, 54 (1966) Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cyrtandra

There are approximately 1135 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. aclada · C. acmule · C. acriserrata · C. acuminata · C. acuminifolia · C. acutangula · C. adine · C. adnata · C. adpressa · C. adusta · C. aequalis · C. aeruginosa · C. agrihanensis · C. agusanensis · C. ahome · C. alata (Cyrtandra) · C. alaustri · C. alba · C. albertisi · C. albibracteata · C. albula · C. alikaensis · C. alnea (Cyrtandra) · C. alnifolia · C. aloisiana · C. alvarezii · C. ambigua (Ambiguous Cyrtandra) · C. ambiqua · C. amicta · C. amische · C. ammitophila · C. ampla · C. amplifolia · C. anatolike · C. anaxie · C. andersonii · C. aneiteensis · C. angularis · C. angustielliptica · C. angustivenosa · C. anise · C. anisophylla · C. anisopoda · C. anthropophagorum · C. antoniana · C. antuana · C. apaensis · C. apiculata · C. apoensis · C. arachnoidea · C. arborescens · C. arbuscula · C. areolata · C. areolata var. grandis · C. arfakensis · C. argentata · C. argentata latifolia · C. argentata subsp. latifolia · C. aristata · C. asaroides · C. asikii · C. ataute · C. atherocalyx · C. athrocarpa · C. atomigyna (Cyrtandra) · C. atrichoides · C. atrichos · C. atropurpurea · C. attenuata · C. augusti · C. aundensis · C. aurantiaca · C. auranticarpa · C. aurantiicarpa · C. aurea · C. aureo-sericea · C. aureotincta · C. auriculata · C. austrohiloensis · C. axillantha · C. axillaris · C. axilliflora (Axilflower Cyrtandra) · C. badia · C. baeotricha · C. baileyi · C. banyingii · C. barbata · C. barnesii · C. basiflora · C. basipartita (Cyrtandra) · C. basirotundata · C. bataanensis · C. bataviensis · C. beamanii · C. beccarii · C. beckmanni · C. begoniaefolia · C. begonioides · C. behrmanniana · C. benaratica

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 03, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2656356
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-34188
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13748035
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:379685-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 34188
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 379685-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDGES032L0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CYIN
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 34011

Footnotes

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