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Carpacoce vaginellata

(Carpacoce vaginellata)

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Description

Dwarf shrub,("bisexual"),("female"),or occasionally ("bisexual") + ("male"),(""bisexual") + ("male"),or ("male"),many-stemmed,cylindri­cal to ± rounded,occasionally decumbent,sometimes faintly fetid.Stems (0,1-) 0,15-0,4(-0,7) m long,± much branched (un­branched or sparsely branched in plants res­prouting after fire),branches ascending to ± erect.Leaves decussate;blades (7-)10-25(-30) x 0,7-1,5(-2) mm,linear,± erect,ericoid,semiterete to ± triangular in section,margins scabrid or with stiff whitish hairs to 0,2 mm long;stipular sheath long and funnel-shaped.Flowers mostly solitary,lateral and/or terminal on branches,± sessile or shortly pedicellate;calyx 5(-6)-merous,lobes 3-8 mm long,lin­eal-lanceolate),subequal,± erect;corolla 5(-6,rarely -7)-merous,greenish yellow,red­dish brown to dark purplish brown,("bisexual"),("male"): tube (1-)1,5-2,5 mm long,lobes (3-)3,5-5(-5,5) x (0,7-) 1-2 mm;anthers (1,5-)2-3(-4) mm long;("bisexual"): stigma always shorter,ovary sometimes smaller than in ("female");("male"): small rudimentary stigma and ovary present.("female"): tube 0,5-1,5 mm long,lobes 0,5-1,5 X 0,1-0,5 mm,usually hidden between calyx lobes;stigma 1 (very rarely 2),(6—)8—12(—17) mm long;ovary c.2-4 mm long.Fruit green,turning dark grey-brown,(4-)5-7,5 X 2-3 mm,± obovate,l-(very rarely 2)-seeded;diaspore (3-)3,5-5 X 1,5-2 mm,grey to blackish,often laterally ± com­pressed,± elliptic to obovate in dorsal view,rugose to muricate.Chromosome number: 2n=22.Fig.10: 1,2;llf;12d&g.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Gentianales
Family:Rubiaceae
Genus:Carpacoce
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