Coutoubea ramosa

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Coutoubea ramosa

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• <<<Flowers>Calyx>Calyx lobes>Shape
• <<<Fruits>Seeds>Shape>Side number
• <<Flowers>Calyx>Calyx lobes
• <<Flowers>Calyx>Texture
• <<Flowers>Corolla>Texture
• <<Fruits>Seeds>Colour
• <<Fruits>Seeds>Shape
• <<Inflorescences>Bracts and bracteoles>Shape
• <<Leaves>Base>Shape
• <<Leaves>Primary veins>Shape
• <<Stems>Internodes>Length
• <Flowers>Calyx
• <Flowers>Corolla
• <Flowers>Growth form
• <Fruits>Seeds
• <Fruits>Shape
• <Habit>Height
• <Habit>Texture
• <Inflorescences>Bracts and bracteoles
• <Inflorescences>Position
• <Leaves>Base
• <Leaves>Primary veins
• <Leaves>Shape
• <Leaves>Texture
• <Stems>Diameter
• <Stems>Internodes
• <Stems>Shape
• <Stems>Texture
• Citation
• Description
• Distribution
• Flowers
• Fruits
• Habit
• Inflorescences
• Leaves
• Stems

<<<Flowers>Calyx>Calyx lobes>Shape

acuminate1

1. 005-002-002-001

<<<Fruits>Seeds>Shape>Side number

32

2. 006-002-002-001

<<Flowers>Calyx>Calyx lobes

calyx lobes ;3

3. 005-002-002

<<Flowers>Calyx>Texture

coriaceous4

4. 005-002-001

<<Flowers>Corolla>Texture

chartaceous to membranous5

5. 005-003-001

<<Fruits>Seeds>Colour

pale brown6

6. 006-002-001

<<Fruits>Seeds>Shape

triangular with hollow sides or sometimes almost globose7

7. 006-002-002

<<Inflorescences>Bracts and bracteoles>Shape

ovate, acuminate8

8. 004-002-001

<<Leaves>Base>Shape

attenuate to narrowly cuneate9

9. 003-003-001

<<Leaves>Primary veins>Shape

flat, sunken or slightly prominent above, prominent beneath10

10. 003-004-001

<<Stems>Internodes>Length

0.5-6 cm long11

11. 002-004-001

<Flowers>Calyx

calyx ,12

12. 005-002

<Flowers>Corolla

corolla .13

13. 005-003

<Flowers>Growth form

horizontal to somewhat erect14

14. 005-001

<Fruits>Seeds

seeds , .15

15. 006-002

<Fruits>Shape

narrowly ellipsoid or ovoid16

16. 006-001

<Habit>Height

30-150 cm high17

17. 001-001

<Habit>Texture

woody at base18

18. 001-002

<Inflorescences>Bracts and bracteoles

bracts and bracteoles (bracts sometimes leaf-like).19

19. 004-002

<Inflorescences>Position

terminal or axillary20

20. 004-001

<Leaves>Base

base , semi-amplexicaule;21

21. 003-003

<Leaves>Primary veins

primary vein .22

22. 003-004

<Leaves>Shape

narrowly elliptic, narrowly ovate-elliptic or linear23

23. 003-002

<Leaves>Texture

fleshy (dried chartaceous to membranous)24

24. 003-001

<Stems>Diameter

0.2-0.5 cm in diam.25

25. 002-001

<Stems>Internodes

internodes .26

26. 002-004

<Stems>Shape

terete to quadrangular27

27. 002-002

<Stems>Texture

smooth28

28. 002-003

Citation

Aubl. 1775 – In: Hist. Pl. Guiane. tab. 28

Description

Herbs, 30-150 cm high, woody at base. Stem at base 0.2-0.5 cm in diam., terete to quadrangular, smooth, much branched; internodes 0.5-6 cm long. Leaves sessile, fleshy (dried chartaceous to membranous), narrowly elliptic, narrowly ovate-elliptic or linear, base attenuate to narrowly cuneate, semi-amplexicaule; primary vein flat, sunken or slightly prominent above, prominent beneath. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary raceme; bracts and bracteoles ovate, acuminate (bracts sometimes leaf-like). Flowers horizontal to somewhat erect, pedicellate, loose, decussate; calyx coriaceous, calyx lobes acuminate; corolla chartaceous to membranous. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid or ovoid; seeds pale brown, triangular with 3 hollow sides or sometimes almost globose.

Distribution

Guianas present, Southern America: Bolivia (Bolivia present); Colombia (Colombia present); Venezuela (Venezuela present)

Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil and Bolivia.

Flowers

Flowers , pedicellate, loose, decussate;29

29. 005

Fruits

Fruit ;30

30. 006

Habit

Herbs, , .31

31. 001

Inflorescences

Inflorescence a raceme;32

32. 004

Leaves

Leaves sessile, , ,33

33. 003

Stems

Stem at base , , , much branched;34

34. 002