Glyptopetalum angulatum

(Glyptopetalum angulatum)

Description

They are woody lichens, thick, rarely shrubs, young parts dense and mostly papilado-tomentulosas, coffees. Leaves broadly ovate to oblong-elliptic, 6-11 (-14) cm long and 3-5 (-7) cm wide, apex rounded or obtuse and shortly spit or acuminate, rounded or sharp base, generally conspicuously creased margins Or serrated; Petiole 5-16 mm long. Inflorescence 3-15 cm long, paniculate, densely papilado-tomentosa, brown, peduncle thin, up to 5 cm long, pedicels thin, tomentulous, 1-3 mm long; Flowers 4-6 mm in diameter, creamy, green-yellow or green; Sepals deltoids, 0.5-1.2 mm long and wide, rounded apex, eryro or ciliolate; Petals oblong to ovate, 2.5-4 mm long and 1.3-2.6 mm wide, transversely bearded on the inside, ciliolate margin; Conspicuous, pulpy, pulviniform-annular disk, 1.7 mm high and up to 3 mm in diameter, glabrous to pubertal; Stamens suberectos or patents, filaments widened towards the base, ca 0.7 mm long, anthers 0.5 mm high and 0.8 mm wide, transverse dehiscence; Ovary almost completely immersed in the disc, truncated style, 0.8-1.3 mm long, inconspicuous stigmas, usually lobe with 6 ovules in 2 rows. Capsular fruits with 3 free, green mericarpos, obovate to narrow-elliptical, up to 8 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide, pericarp thinly leathery; Seeds with a basal wing, obovate, 20-40 mm long, the embryonic part obliquely ellipsoid, 13-25 mm long. 3 Filaments broadened towards the base, ca 0.7 mm long, anthers 0.5 mm high and 0.8 mm wide, transverse dehiscence; Ovary almost completely immersed in the disc, truncated style, 0.8-1.3 mm long, inconspicuous stigmas, usually lobe with 6 ovules in 2 rows. Capsular fruits with 3 free, green mericarpos, obovate to narrow-elliptical, up to 8 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide, pericarp thinly leathery; Seeds with a basal wing, obovate, 20-40 mm long, the embryonic part obliquely ellipsoid, 13-25 mm long. 3 Filaments broadened towards the base, ca 0.7 mm long, anthers 0.5 mm high and 0.8 mm wide, transverse dehiscence; Ovary almost completely immersed in the disc, truncated style, 0.8-1.3 mm long, inconspicuous stigmas, usually lobe with 6 ovules in 2 rows. Capsular fruits with 3 free, green mericarpos, obovate to narrow-elliptical, up to 8 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide, pericarp thinly leathery; Seeds with a basal wing, obovate, 20-40 mm long, the embryonic part obliquely ellipsoid, 13-25 mm long. 3 Capsular fruits with 3 free, green mericarpos, obovate to narrow-elliptical, up to 8 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide, pericarp thinly leathery; Seeds with a basal wing, obovate, 20-40 mm long, the embryonic part obliquely ellipsoid, 13-25 mm long. 3 Capsular fruits with 3 free, green mericarpos, obovate to narrow-elliptical, up to 8 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide, pericarp thinly leathery; Seeds with a basal wing, obovate, 20-40 mm long, the embryonic part obliquely ellipsoid, 13-25 mm long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Celastrales
Family:Celastraceae
Genus:Glyptopetalum
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