Parsonsia pedunculata

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Parsonsia pedunculata

Description

Branchlets tomentose. Leaves opposite; Inflorescence of lax axillary cymes, 7-18.5 cm long; Sepals narrow ovate, reflexed, 1.9-2.9 by 1-1.3 mm, 1.7-2.4 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, appressed velutinous. Stamens inserted at 1.8 mm from corolla base which is 0.5 of tube length; Ovary c. 0.9 mm long; Fruit (immature) linear, sparsely pubescent.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Bismarck Archipelago (Bismarck Archipelago present); New Guinea present
Malesia: New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago).

Taxonomy

This species is close to P. lata from which it differs in its less pubescent leaves, more delicate inflorescence and thinner, less pubescent fruit.

Citation

K. Schum. & Lauterb. 1901: Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 508
Peekel 1984: Fl. Bismarck Arch.: 451
D.J. Middleton 1997 – In: Blumea: 222