Codonanthopsis

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Codonanthopsis

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<<<Calyx>Corolla>Limbs>Lobe number

5-lobed1
1. 005-002-003-001

<<<Calyx>Stamens>Anthers>Anther pair number

2 pairs2
2. 005-003-002-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Colour

white to yellowish3
3. 005-002-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Limbs

limb ;4
4. 005-002-003

<<Calyx>Corolla>Shape

narrowly funnelform5
5. 005-002-002

<<Calyx>Ovary>Stigma

stigma capitate to stomatomorphic.6
6. 005-006-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Anthers

anthers coherent in , dehiscing by longitudinal slits,7
7. 005-003-002

<<Calyx>Stamens>Filaments

filaments basally connate,8
8. 005-003-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Thecae

thecae parallel;9
9. 005-003-003

<Calyx>Corolla

corolla , ,10
10. 005-002

<Calyx>Disk

disc a single dorsal gland;11
11. 005-005

<Calyx>Lobe number

512
12. 005-001

<Calyx>Ovary

ovary superior,13
13. 005-006

<Calyx>Stamens

stamens included,14
14. 005-003

<Calyx>Staminodes

staminode absent;15
15. 005-004

<Flowers>Bracteoles

bracteoles small;16
16. 004-005

<Flowers>Flower number

solitary17
17. 004-002

<Flowers>Flower number per inflorescence

few-flowered18
18. 004-003

<Flowers>Pedicels

pedicellate.19
19. 004-006

<Flowers>Peduncle

epedunculate;20
20. 004-004

<Flowers>Position

axillary21
21. 004-001

<Fruits>Colour

green to purplish22
22. 006-003

<Fruits>Texture

fleshy23
23. 006-001

<Fruits>Valve number

2-valved24
24. 006-002

<Fruits>Valves

valves recurving to reveal seed mass.25
25. 006-004

<Habit>Growth form

stiffly ascending to erect26
26. 001-001

Calyx

Calyx lobes , free;27
27. 005

Cytology

Chromosome number n=9 (Skog 1984).

Description

Epiphytic or epipetric, caulescent, stiffly ascending to erect herbs or subshrubs, without modified stems. Stems branches few. Leaves opposite, strongly unequal in a pair, venation pinnate, foliar nectaries present on lower leaf surface. Flowers sometimes cleistogamous, axillary, solitary or in fasciculate few-flowered inflorescences; epedunculate; bracteoles small; pedicellate. Calyx lobes 5, free; corolla white to yellowish, narrowly funnelform, limb 5-lobed; stamens included, filaments basally connate, anthers coherent in 2 pairs, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, thecae parallel; staminode absent; disc a single dorsal gland; ovary superior, stigma capitate to stomatomorphic. Fruit a fleshy, loculicidally dehiscent, 2-valved, green to purplish capsule, valves recurving to reveal seed mass.

Distribution

French Guiana present, Guayana region of Venezuela present, Guianas present, Southern America: Colombia (Colombia present); Peru (Peru present ‒ present)
An Andean and Amazonian (from the Guianas to Peru) low elevation rain forest genus of 4 species known from Brazil and Peru to Colombia, east to French Guiana, and in the Guayana region of Venezuela; 1 species in the Guianas.

Flowers

Flowers sometimes cleistogamous, , or in fasciculate inflorescences;28
28. 004

Fruits

Fruit a , loculicidally dehiscent, , capsule,29
29. 006

Habit

Epiphytic or epipetric, caulescent, herbs or subshrubs, without modified stems.30
30. 001

Leaves

Leaves opposite, strongly unequal in a pair, venation pinnate, foliar nectaries present on lower leaf surface.31
31. 003

Stems

Stems branches few.32
32. 002