Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
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Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv., Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 3: 233 (1948)
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Nomenclature
W.R.B.Oliv.
W.R.B.Oliv.
1948
233
ICN
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
species
Tecomanthe speciosa
Classification
Descriptions
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Glab. woody liane up to ± 10 m. tall. Lvs coriac., dark green above, paler below; imparipinnately 3-5-foliolate, on petioles up to ± 6 cm. × 4 mm., enlarged at base; scar oval to suborbicular; lateral lflts on petiolules ± 5 mm. long; lamina ± 5-9-(13) × 3-7-(8) cm., broad-elliptic to broad-obovate, entire, obliquely cuneately narrowed to base, apiculate to retuse; terminal lflt on petiolule to 2 cm. long; lamina 8-12-(15) × 5-9 cm., broad-elliptic to broad-obovate, cuneately narrowed to base, retuse to apiculate. Infl. with up to 30 fls in corymbose compound cyme on stout peduncle ± 2-3 cm. long; pedicels stout, c. 1 cm. long, opp., us. trichotomously branched. Calyx green, velvety without, to c. 2.5 × 1 cm., tubular, (3)-4-(5)-lobed, splitting to base as fl. matures. Corolla delicately creamy white, with very pale green flush, tomentose without; tube cylindric, ± 3 × 1·5 cm., limb 2-lipped; lower lip entire, 2 × 1 cm., upper lip 4-lobed, ± 4 × 5 cm., each lobe tapering to subacute recurved apex. Stamens us. 4, to c. 5-6 cm. long, 2 outer > 2 inner; filaments adnate to tube for c. 1 cm., at point of separation invested by slender hairs. Anthers orange, c. 1 cm. long, cells diverging; staminode filiform, ± hairy, us. short, occ. long, sts represented by fully developed stamen. Style slender, extending to mid-anther position with a sharp double flexure in its upper third; stigma truncately 2-lobed. Ovary bilocular, the 2 placentae in each loculus occupying the thickened outer parts of the septum. Fr. a woody subcylindric capsule to 19 × 3·5 cm., splitting loculicidally from the base into two boat-shaped valves which separate from the septum. Seeds very many, densely packed, flattened, c. 1 × 2.5 cm. including broad membr. wing.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
n = 19
2n = 38
Taxonomic concepts
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv.
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1 January 2000
17 April 2014