Cuphea P.Browne
Details
Biostatus
Nomenclature
P.Browne
P.Browne
1756
216
ICN
Cuphea P.Browne
genus
Cuphea
Classification
Descriptions
Cuphea P.Browne
Herbs or shrubs. Lvs usually opposite, decussate, rarely alternate or whorled, entire or nearly so. Fls 6-merous, zygomorphic, monomorphic, solitary or in racemes, sometimes in verticels; pedicels usually interpetiolar rather than axillary; bracteoles 2 or 0. Calyx tube ± curved, ribbed, usually pouched or spurred at base, often coloured, oblique, usually with an epicalyx tooth between each lobe. Petals 6, rarely fewer or 0, unequal, shortly clawed, inserted near rim of calyx tube. Stamens 6-14, rarely fewer, inserted on upper 1/2 of calyx tube, included or exserted. Disc at base of ovary glandular, asymmetric. Ovary sessile, 2-celled but septum often disappearing early. Ovules 2-many in each cell. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule enclosed by calyx, dehiscing longitudinally.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Cuphea micropetala recorded
Metadata
8b098c73-e17b-47ad-8209-731c50492b13
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
18 September 2008