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Description
Genus Lindenbergia
Herbs, annual
or perennial
, basally woody, erect
or decumbent
, much branched, hairy
, rooting
from lower nodes. Leaves opposite or upper alternate. Flowers solitary or in terminal
spikes or racemes
; bracts foliaceous
. Bracteoles absent. Calyx campanulate
, 5-lobed, parted
to ca.
middle
, hairy. Corolla 2-lipped; tube
tubular
, often puberulent
; lower lip large, 3-lobed, often plicate
; upper lip short, wide, apex truncate
, subemarginate, or 2-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous
, included
, inserted
below middle of corolla tube; filaments
usually glabrous
; anther
locules distinct
, connective
often forming a stalk
. Ovary hairy or glabrous. Stigma not lobed
. Capsule generally enclosed by persistent
calyx, 2-grooved, loculicidal; valves
entire, separating from placental
column; style persistent. Seeds numerous
, minute.
12 species: tropical
and subtropical
Africa and Asia; three species in China.
The genus occurs mostly in India with few species in tropical Africa and Malaysia. There are possibly five species in China, but we have been unable to confirm the presence of Lindenbergia macrostachya Bentham and L. griffithii J. D. Hooker.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Plantaginaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Gratioloideae
()
- Tribe:
Stemodieae
()
- Genus:
Lindenbergia
()
- J.G.C. Lehmann, 1829
- Specific epithet:
philippensis
- (Cham.) Benth.
- Botanical name: - Lindenbergia philippensis (Cham.) Benth.
- Specific epithet:
philippensis
- (Cham.) Benth.
- Genus:
Lindenbergia
(
- Tribe:
Stemodieae
(
- Subfamily:
Gratioloideae
(
- Family:
Plantaginaceae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lindenbergia
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Further Reading
- A flora of Manila, by E. D. Merrill. Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1912. url p. 422.
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1911 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 426.
- Contributions to the flora of Siam [Aberdeen]Printed for the University1912- url p. 144.
- Contributions to the flora of Siam. .. / by William Grant Craib. .. [Aberdeen]: Printed for the University of Aberdeen, 1912- url p. 144.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 26 1889-90 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 184, p. 99.
- The Philippine journal of science. 5 1910 Manila. url p. 384, p. 386, p. 555, p. 88.
- The flora of British India /By J. D. Hooker assisted by various botanists. Published under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council. London: L. Reeve, 1875-97. url p. 262, p. 262.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 22, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3436293
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16451677
- MoBot NameID: 29209233
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2086508
Footnotes
- "Lindenbergia". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 23. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
