Lembocarpus

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Lembocarpus

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<<<Calyx>Ovary>Stigma>Lobe number

2-lobed1
1. 005-005-001-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Colour

pale blue or tube white and limb lavender or white with purple dots inside2
2. 005-001-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Shape

broadly tubular or campanulate3
3. 005-001-002

<<Calyx>Ovary>Stigma

stigma .4
4. 005-005-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Anthers

anthers coherent in pairs, dehiscing by longitudinal slits,5
5. 005-002-002

<<Calyx>Stamens>Filaments

filaments not connate,6
6. 005-002-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Thecae

thecae parallel;7
7. 005-002-003

<<Fruits>Valves>Opening angle

to 180°8
8. 006-004-001

<Calyx>Corolla

corolla , ;9
9. 005-001

<Calyx>Disk

disc absent;10
10. 005-004

<Calyx>Ovary

ovary superior,11
11. 005-005

<Calyx>Stamens

stamens included,12
12. 005-002

<Calyx>Staminodes

staminode present;13
13. 005-003

<Flowers>Bracteoles

bracteoles small, pedicellate.14
14. 004-004

<Flowers>Flower number per inflorescence

few15
15. 004-002

<Flowers>Peduncle

pedunculate;16
16. 004-003

<Flowers>Position

axillary17
17. 004-001

<Fruits>Colour

green to light brown18
18. 006-002

<Fruits>Texture

fleshy, becoming dry19
19. 006-001

<Fruits>Valve number

2-valved20
20. 006-003

<Fruits>Valves

valves opening .21
21. 006-004

<Habit>Growth form

erect22
22. 001-001

<Leaves>Smaller leaves

smaller leaf mostly scale-like, very small to minute, rarely a much smaller version of the larger one.23
23. 003-001

Calyx

Calyx lobes free;24
24. 005

Cytology

Chromosome number unknown.

Description

Terrestrial or sometimes epiphytic, acaulescent, erect, small herbs, tuberous. Stems unbranched. Leaves opposite, radicular, strongly unequal in a pair, rarely more than one pair in the wild, plant appearing as having a single leaf, foliar nectaries absent; smaller leaf mostly scale-like, very small to minute, rarely a much smaller version of the larger one. Flowers axillary, few in subcymose inflorescences; pedunculate; bracteoles small, pedicellate. Calyx lobes free; corolla pale blue or tube white and limb lavender or white with purple dots inside, broadly tubular or campanulate; stamens included, filaments not connate, anthers coherent in pairs, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, thecae parallel; staminode present; disc absent; ovary superior, stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a fleshy, becoming dry, green to light brown capsule, loculicidally dehiscent, 2-valved, valves opening to 180°.

Distribution

French Guiana present, Suriname present, northern Brazil present
Monotypic, 1 species from Suriname, French Guiana and northern Brazil.

Flowers

Flowers , in subcymose inflorescences;25
25. 004

Fruits

Fruit a , capsule, loculicidally dehiscent, ,26
26. 006

Habit

Terrestrial or sometimes epiphytic, acaulescent, , small herbs, tuberous.27
27. 001

Leaves

Leaves opposite, radicular, strongly unequal in a pair, rarely more than one pair in the wild, plant appearing as having a single leaf, foliar nectaries absent;28
28. 003

Stems

Stems unbranched.29
29. 002