Chrysothemis

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Chrysothemis

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<<<Calyx>Corolla>Lobes>Lobe number

51
1. 005-002-003-001

<<<Calyx>Ovary>Stigma>Lobe number

2-lobed2
2. 005-006-001-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Colour

yellow to orange, with orange or reddish lines or spots3
3. 005-002-001

<<Calyx>Corolla>Lobes

lobes ;4
4. 005-002-003

<<Calyx>Corolla>Shape

cylindric5
5. 005-002-002

<<Calyx>Disk>Lobe number

2-lobed6
6. 005-005-001

<<Calyx>Ovary>Stigma

stigma .7
7. 005-006-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Anthers

anthers sometimes coherent, dehiscing by longitudinal slits,8
8. 005-003-002

<<Calyx>Stamens>Filaments

filaments basally connate,9
9. 005-003-001

<<Calyx>Stamens>Thecae

thecae parallel;10
10. 005-003-003

<Calyx>Corolla

corolla , ,11
11. 005-002

<Calyx>Disk

disc a single dorsal, gland;12
12. 005-005

<Calyx>Lobe number

513
13. 005-001

<Calyx>Ovary

ovary superior,14
14. 005-006

<Calyx>Stamens

stamens included,15
15. 005-003

<Calyx>Staminodes

staminode absent;16
16. 005-004

<Flowers>Flower number per inflorescence

1-9-flowered17
17. 004-002

<Flowers>Pedicels

pedicellate.18
18. 004-003

<Flowers>Position

axillary (but appearing terminal by exceeding stem apex)19
19. 004-001

<Fruits>Colour

brown20
20. 006-002

<Fruits>Texture

fleshy21
21. 006-001

<Fruits>Valve number

2- to several-valved22
22. 006-003

<Fruits>Valves

valves opening slightly.23
23. 006-004

<Habit>Growth form

erect or sometimes decumbent24
24. 001-001

Calyx

Calyx lobes , basally connate into a tube;25
25. 005

Cytology

Chromosome number n=9 (Skog 1984).

Description

Terrestrial or rarely epiphytic, caulescent, erect or sometimes decumbent herbs, tuberous. Stems unbranched. Leaves opposite, equal or subequal in a pair, venation pinnate, foliar nectaries absent. Flowers axillary (but appearing terminal by exceeding stem apex), 1-9-flowered cymose or umbellate, pedunculate inflorescences, with small leafy bracteoles; pedicellate. Calyx lobes 5, basally connate into a tube; corolla yellow to orange, with orange or reddish lines or spots, cylindric, lobes 5; stamens included, filaments basally connate, anthers sometimes coherent, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, thecae parallel; staminode absent; disc a single dorsal, 2-lobed gland; ovary superior, stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a fleshy, brown capsule, loculicidally dehiscent, 2- to several-valved, valves opening slightly.

Distribution

C and northern S America present, Guianas present, Southern America
A genus of 6 species in the West Indies, C and northern S America growing at low elevations; 2 species in the Guianas.

Flowers

Flowers , cymose or umbellate, pedunculate inflorescences, with small leafy bracteoles;26
26. 004

Fruits

Fruit a , capsule, loculicidally dehiscent, ,27
27. 006

Habit

Terrestrial or rarely epiphytic, caulescent, herbs, tuberous.28
28. 001

Leaves

Leaves opposite, equal or subequal in a pair, venation pinnate, foliar nectaries absent.29
29. 003

Stems

Stems unbranched.30
30. 002