Cansjera leptostachya
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Description
Liana, up to 6 m, branches hanging, or erect shrub;
Leaves herbaceous in dry state, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, long-narrowed, 4-9(-11) by (1-)1.5-4 cm;
Stamens as long as the perianth tube.
Ovary ovoid, C. 1 mm long;
Distribution
Alor present, Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Bismarcks present, E. Java present, Key and Sula Is present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Sumba present, Surabaya present, Timor present, northern Australia present
Northern Australia; in Malesia: New Guinea (incl. Bismarcks), Moluccas (Key and Sula Is.), Lesser Sunda Is. (Sumba, Alor, Timor), and E. Java (Surabaya). .
VALETON (l.c. 1886, 159) mentioned ‘Nova Zeelandia’, but this is obviously an error for ‘Nova Guinea’.
VALETON (l.c. 1886, 159) mentioned ‘Nova Zeelandia’, but this is obviously an error for ‘Nova Guinea’.
Notes
Cansjera leptostachya is undoubtedly closely allied to C. rheedii. But since it differs from this species in several floral and vegetative characters (inflorescences more lax, perianth tube clearly shorter; leaves smaller, lanceolate, and more herbaceous; spines never reported) I prefer to maintain C. leptostachya as a distinct species.
Citation
BACK. & BAKH.J. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 67
WARB. 1891 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 299
K.Sch. & LAUT. 1900: Fl. Schutzgeb.: 301
VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin.: 159
M. ROEMER 1846 – In: Syn. Hesper.: 16
FORBES 1885: Wand.: 502
BTH. 1863 – In: Fl. Austr.: 394
VALET. 1907 – In: Bull. Dép. Agric. Ind. Néerl.: 8
HIEPKO 1979 – In: Willdenowia: 49
DECNE 1846: AtI.: p1. 8
MEISN. 1857 – In: DC., Prod. 14: 519
SCHELLENB. 1923 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 156
HEMSL. 1885 – In: Bot. Chall.: 235