Salpingifera Breteler & Wieringa, 2024
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https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2024.69.02.07 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BF7910-FFA1-FFCE-E43D-0FA0523DFD42 |
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Felipe |
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Salpingifera Breteler & Wieringa |
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gen. nov. |
Salpingifera Breteler & Wieringa View in CoL , gen. nov.
Etymology. This new, monotypic genus is named after the unique trumpet-shaped organs in the inflorescence. It is derived from the Greek word σαλπΙΓξ (salpinx) having salping- as genitive stem. So Salpingifera means trumpet-bearing. Salpingifera has the female gender.
Type: Lindackeria ngounyensis Pellegr.
Shrub. Leaves alternate, stipulate, penninerved, margin dentate. Inflorescence axillary, racemose compound of dichasia (thyrse) reduced to a single flower flanked by pedicels bearing trumpet-shaped glands. Flowers actinomorphic, staminate or bisexual/pistillate? Sepals 4, free, imbricate. Petals 8–10, free, imbricate. Stamens free, many, with long anthers opening by 2 lengthwise slits. Ovary superior, unilocular, with 5 parietal, multiovulate placentas. Fruit smooth, leathery, indehiscent, a carcerulus. Seeds many, with complete fleshy seed coat. Embryo small, embedded in copious endosperm.
Distribution — Monotypic, endemic to Gabon.
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