Cansjera
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Description
Lianas or erect shrubs, root parasites;
Leaves herbaceous to thinly-fleshy or coriaceous, glabrous or hairy.
Flowers bisexual, in axillary spikes, each flower in the axil of a small persisting bract.
Stamens not exceeding the perianth tube;
Ovary ovoid to cylindric;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present; Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present), N. Australia present, S. China present
3 spp., from India and Sri Lanka to S. China, Malesia, and N. Australia. .
Citation
O.K. 1891 – In: Rev. Gen. Pl.: 112
Engl. 1889 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: 241
PFEIFFER 1874 – In: Nom.: 1501
SLEUM. 1935 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 16b: 36
MEISN. 1857 – In: DC., Prod. 14: 519
VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin.: 156
B. & H. 1862 – In: Gen. Pl.: 349
BTH. 1863 – In: Fl. Austr.: 191
HIEPKO 1979 – In: Willdenowia: 43
BAILL. 1862 – In: Adansonia: 124
BAILL. 1892 – In: Hist. Pl.: 458
ENDL. 1837 – In: Gen. Pl.: 331