Corytoplectus

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Corytoplectus

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<<<Calyx>Corolla>Limbs>Lobe number

5-lobed1
1. 005-002-003-001

<<<Calyx>Ovary>Stigma>Lobe number

2-lobed2
2. 005-006-001-001

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

2 pairs3
3. 005-003-002-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Colour

yellowish4
4. 005-002-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Limbs

limb ;5
5. 005-002-003

<<Calyx>Corolla>Shape

tubular6
6. 005-002-002

<<Calyx>Disk>Gland number

2 or 4 opposite separate glands, or a double connate dorsal gland7
7. 005-005-001

<<Calyx>Ovary>Stigma

stigma capitate or .8
8. 005-006-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Anthers

anthers free or coherent in , dehiscing by longitudinal slits,9
9. 005-003-002

<<Calyx>Stamens>Filaments

filaments basally connate,10
10. 005-003-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Thecae

thecae parallel;11
11. 005-003-003

<Calyx>Corolla

corolla , , inflated ventrally,12
12. 005-002

<Calyx>Disk

disc of ;13
13. 005-005

<Calyx>Lobe number

514
14. 005-001

<Calyx>Ovary

ovary superior,15
15. 005-006

<Calyx>Stamens

stamens included,16
16. 005-003

<Calyx>Staminodes

staminode present, small;17
17. 005-004

<Flowers>Bracteoles

bracteoles small;18
18. 004-004

<Flowers>Flower number per inflorescence

1 to few19
19. 004-002

<Flowers>Pedicels

long pedicellate.20
20. 004-005

<Flowers>Peduncle

short pedunculate;21
21. 004-003

<Flowers>Position

axillary22
22. 004-001

<Fruits>Colour

black23
23. 006-002

<Fruits>Texture

fleshy24
24. 006-001

<Habit>Growth form

erect25
25. 001-001

Calyx

Calyx lobes , free;26
26. 005

Cytology

Chromosome number n=9 (Skog 1984).

Description

Terrestrial, caulescent, erect herbs, without modified stems. Stems unbranched. Leaves opposite, nearly equal in a pair, venation pinnate, foliar nectaries absent. Flowers axillary, 1 to few in umbellate-cymose inflorescences; short pedunculate; bracteoles small; long pedicellate. Calyx lobes 5, free; corolla yellowish, tubular, inflated ventrally, limb 5-lobed; stamens included, filaments basally connate, anthers free or coherent in 2 pairs, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, thecae parallel; staminode present, small; disc of 2 or 4 opposite separate glands, or a double connate dorsal gland; ovary superior, stigma capitate or 2-lobed. Fruit a fleshy, indehiscent, black berry.

Distribution

Bolivar present, Guayana Highlands of Venezuela present, Guianas present, Southern America: Bolivia (Bolivia present); Brazil North (Amazonas present); Venezuela (Venezuela present), western Guyana present
An Andean genus of 8 or more species, in mixed wet or cloud forest, known from Bolivia to coastal Venezuela, and in the Guayana Highlands of Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas), neighbouring Brazil, and western Guyana; 1 species in the Guianas.

Flowers

Flowers , in umbellate-cymose inflorescences;27
27. 004

Fruits

Fruit a , indehiscent, berry.28
28. 006

Habit

Terrestrial, caulescent, herbs, without modified stems.29
29. 001

Leaves

Leaves opposite, nearly equal in a pair, venation pinnate, foliar nectaries absent.30
30. 003

Stems

Stems unbranched.31
31. 002