Cremersia

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Cremersia

<<<Calyx>Corolla>Limbs>Lobe number

5-lobed1
1. 005-002-002-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Colour

pale purple2
2. 005-002-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Limbs

limb ;3
3. 005-002-002

<<Calyx>Ovary>Stigma

stigma capitate.4
4. 005-006-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Anthers

anthers apically coherent in a tetrad, dehiscing by longitudinal slits,5
5. 005-003-002

<<Calyx>Stamens>Filaments

filaments basally connate,6
6. 005-003-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Thecae

thecae parallel;7
7. 005-003-003

<<Fruits>Valves>Opening angle

to 180°8
8. 006-003-001

<Calyx>Corolla

corolla , salverform,9
9. 005-002

<Calyx>Disk

disc a single dorsal gland;10
10. 005-005

<Calyx>Lobe number

511
11. 005-001

<Calyx>Ovary

ovary superior,12
12. 005-006

<Calyx>Stamens

stamens included,13
13. 005-003

<Calyx>Staminodes

staminode minute;14
14. 005-004

<Flowers>Bracteoles

bracteoles small;15
15. 004-004

<Flowers>Flower number per inflorescence

few-flowered16
16. 004-002

<Flowers>Pedicels

pedicellate.17
17. 004-005

<Flowers>Peduncle

pedunculate;18
18. 004-003

<Flowers>Position

axillary19
19. 004-001

<Fruits>Colour

yellowish-green20
20. 006-002

<Fruits>Valve number

2-valved21
21. 006-001

<Fruits>Valves

valves opening .22
22. 006-003

<Habit>Growth form

erect23
23. 001-001

Calyx

Calyx lobes , free;24
24. 005

Cytology

Chromosome number unknown.

Description

Terrestrial, caulescent, erect, small herbs, without modified stems. Stems unbranched. Leaves opposite, equal or subequal in a pair, venation pinnate, foliar nectaries absent. Flowers axillary, in racemose few-flowered inflorescences; pedunculate; bracteoles small; pedicellate. Calyx lobes 5, free; corolla pale purple, salverform, limb 5-lobed; stamens included, filaments basally connate, anthers apically coherent in a tetrad, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, thecae parallel; staminode minute; disc a single dorsal gland; ovary superior, stigma capitate. Fruit a dry, loculicidally dehiscent, 2-valved, yellowish-green capsule, valves opening to 180°.

Distribution

southern French Guiana present
Monotypic, one species endemic to southern French Guiana.

Flowers

Flowers , in racemose inflorescences;25
25. 004

Fruits

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

Habit

Terrestrial, caulescent, , small herbs, without modified stems.27
27. 001

Leaves

Leaves opposite, equal or subequal in a pair, venation pinnate, foliar nectaries absent.28
28. 003

Stems

Stems unbranched.29
29. 002