taxonID	type	description	language	source
307B0A93379D5E00B002F58EB30B6027.taxon	description	Figs 4, 5	en	Athalappil, Amrutha, Pradeep, Ayilliath Kuttiyeri, Wen, Jun, Krishna, Nikhil (2025): Resolving the taxonomy of Leea trifoliata (Leeaceae, Vitales): Reinstatement and typification. PhytoKeys 266: 281-295, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.173605
307B0A93379D5E00B002F58EB30B6027.taxon	description	Description. Erect subshrub or shrub, 1 – 2 m high; roots non-tuberous. Stems erect or straggling, stout, jointed, with branches, young stem hispid or pubescent; internodes furrowed or round, green; nodes not swollen; pearl glands globose, more on inflorescences, white. Leaves alternate, pinnate to bipinnate, imparipinnate; petioles 7 – 21 mm long, base bulged, sheathing the stem, glabrous, green. Petiolar stipules narrowly winged, 4 – 8 cm long, extending to half of petioles; stipular scars triangular; rachises 5 – 31 cm long, channeled on upper surface, hispid, green. Leaflets opposite, ovate widely ovate or obovate, distal leaflets: lamina 14 – 32 × 6.5 – 13.5 cm, lateral leaflets: lamina 7.5 – 30 × 4 – 13 cm, glabrous, young leaves green or brown, mature leaves green on upper surface and pale green on lower, base cuneate to rounded, margins serrate, apex long acuminate or caudate; petiolules: central 3 – 8 cm long, green, lateral 0.4 – 2.5 cm long; secondary veins 7 – 16 pairs, 3 - nerved at base, vein raised on abaxial side. Inflorescences terminal, a leaf-opposed compound cyme, 8 – 22 cm long, many flowered, condensed, hispid; peduncles 1 – 4 cm long, furrowed, pubescent, green, hispid. Flowers 4 – 6.2 mm, actinomorphic, greenish with brown tinges. Pedicels slender, 1.5 – 2 mm long, hispid. Bracts 3.6 – 8.3 × 1.9 – 5 mm, broadly ovate, conspicuous, persistent, green, hispid. Calyx campanulate, 3.5 – 5.6 × 3 – 3.3 mm, 5 lobed, lobes 0.9 – 1.1 × 0.75 – 1.9 mm, ovate or widely ovate, apex acute, green, hispid; corolla lobes 5, ovate-oblong, 2.7 – 3.5 × 1.9 – 2.4 mm, apex acute, hooded, margin entire, glabrous, green; corolla tube with floral disc 3.1 – 3.3 × 3 – 3.2 mm. Floral disc 1.6 – 2.4 mm long, orange-red; upper free part 1.1 – 1.8 mm long, notched; sinuses shallow, 0.25 – 0.4 mm long; lower free part 0.8 – 1 mm long. Stamens 5, syngenecious; filaments 1.25 – 1.3 mm long, glabrous, white; anthers 1.2 – 1.3 mm long, dehiscing longitudinally, purple on backside, creamish on margin. Ovary globose, 0.95 – 1.1 mm long, superior, 4 – 6 - loculed, one ovule in each locule, placentation axile; style slender, 1.1 – 2.2 mm long, glabrous, creamy; stigma round. Fruits a berry, yellow when young, turning purple black at maturity, 6 - seeded. Seeds wedge-shaped, 4.72 – 4.91 × 3.72 – 3.85 mm, light brown when mature.	en	Athalappil, Amrutha, Pradeep, Ayilliath Kuttiyeri, Wen, Jun, Krishna, Nikhil (2025): Resolving the taxonomy of Leea trifoliata (Leeaceae, Vitales): Reinstatement and typification. PhytoKeys 266: 281-295, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.173605
307B0A93379D5E00B002F58EB30B6027.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal), Bhutan, China, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam. Fig. 6.	en	Athalappil, Amrutha, Pradeep, Ayilliath Kuttiyeri, Wen, Jun, Krishna, Nikhil (2025): Resolving the taxonomy of Leea trifoliata (Leeaceae, Vitales): Reinstatement and typification. PhytoKeys 266: 281-295, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.173605
C3642DC9854E576AA5737DE313107501.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Athalappil, Amrutha, Pradeep, Ayilliath Kuttiyeri, Wen, Jun, Krishna, Nikhil (2025): Resolving the taxonomy of Leea trifoliata (Leeaceae, Vitales): Reinstatement and typification. PhytoKeys 266: 281-295, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.173605
C3642DC9854E576AA5737DE313107501.taxon	description	Description. Perennial weak herb, 0.8 – 1 (– 2.5) m high; roots non-tuberous. Stems erect or wiry, jointed, warted, glabrous; internodes furrowed, green; nodes swollen; pearl glands globose, white. Leaves alternate, trifoliate or 1 - pinnate with two rudimentary pairs of leaves at base; petioles 7 – 21 mm long, slightly bulged, sheathing the stem, hairy at base, green. Petiolar stipules narrowly winged, expanding the full length of the petiole, 2 – 2.5 cm long; stipular scars triangular; rachises 1 – 4 cm long, channeled and slightly winged on upper surface, hispid on margin, green. Leaflets opposite, elliptic oblong or obovate, distal leaflets lamina: 5.5 – 13 × 2.7 – 7.5 cm, lateral leaflets lamina: 4.5 – 12.5 × 2 – 6 cm, one row of stiff hairs in between nerves on upper surface, mature leaves green on upper surface and pale green on lower, base cuneate, margins serrate, apex cuspidate caudate, abruptly acuminate; petiolules: central 1 – 2.5 cm long, lateral 0.2 – 0.7 cm long, channeled and winged on upper surface, green; secondary veins 7 – 16 pairs, 3 - nerved at base, strigose on lower surface, vein raised on abaxial side. Inflorescences terminal or leaf-opposed, compound cyme, up to 4 cm long, axis hispid. Bracts 1.8 – 2.7 mm long, lanceolate-linear, pubescent. Calyx campanulate, c. 3.5 mm long, 5 lobed, each lobe c. 1 – 1.5 mm long, apex acute; corolla lobes 5, 2.7 – 2.8 × 1.1 – 1.3 mm, slightly hooded at apex, margin entire. Floral disc 1.1 – 1.5 mm long. Ovary 4 – 6 locular. Fruits noted as black in Lawson (1875).	en	Athalappil, Amrutha, Pradeep, Ayilliath Kuttiyeri, Wen, Jun, Krishna, Nikhil (2025): Resolving the taxonomy of Leea trifoliata (Leeaceae, Vitales): Reinstatement and typification. PhytoKeys 266: 281-295, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.173605
C3642DC9854E576AA5737DE313107501.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Bhutan, India (Assam & Arunachal Pradesh). Fig. 3.	en	Athalappil, Amrutha, Pradeep, Ayilliath Kuttiyeri, Wen, Jun, Krishna, Nikhil (2025): Resolving the taxonomy of Leea trifoliata (Leeaceae, Vitales): Reinstatement and typification. PhytoKeys 266: 281-295, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.266.173605
