Spirolobium

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Spirolobium

Description

Small shrubs. Leaves opposite, blades coriaceous; Inflorescence terminal although often appearing axillary; Sepals long narrowly ovate. Stamens inserted on corolla tube in lower half, completely included in tube; Fruit of paired follicles, usually held erect; Seeds elliptic, without a beak;

Taxonomy

A monotypic genus.

Citation

M.E. Endress et al. 1990 – In: Pl. Syst. Evol. p 157
K. Schum. 1895 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4. p 174
Pichon 1950 – In: Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. p 159
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand. p 76
Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3. p 1167