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Description
Physical Description
Species Triplostegia glandulifera
Herbs, perennial , erect , 15-40 cm tall. Taproots 2-forked, brown, nearly fusiform , 30-50 × 2-3 mm, slightly fleshy . Rhizomes elongate , 4-angular, nodes 4-6, internodes 0.5-2 cm, nodes rooted. Stems angular, glabrous or sparsely puberulent , glandular hairy above. Leaves opposite, petiolate ; petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade obovate-lanceolate, 2-6 × 1.5-4 cm, pinnatifid , more deeply so at base , abaxially puberulent on veins, adaxially sparsely puberulent, ultimately glabrescent , margin irregularly lobed or serrate; upper leaves smaller, lobed, sessile. Inflorescences paniculiform ; bracts 2-4 mm, midvein prominent , margin sparsely ciliate ; pedicels ca. 1 mm; outer involucel 4-lobed; lobes lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm, abaxially densely covered with purple glandular hairs; inner involucel urceolate, ca. 1.5 mm, 8-ribbed, apex constricted into limb; limb 8-toothed or 8-dentate. Corolla white or rose, funnelform , 3-5 mm; lobes obtuse . Stamens slightly exserted; filaments ca. 5 mm; anthers white. Style slightly longer than stamens. Achenes enveloped by involucels; involucels 3-4 mm in fruit, glandular hairy, 4-lobed; lobes long acuminate, hooked . Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 18. [source]
Flowers: Bloom Period: July, August, September, October.
Habitat
Forests , grassy slopes , meadows, by streams ; 1500-4000 m. [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:
Dipsacanae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Dipsacales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Genus:
Triplostegia
()
- Wallich ex A.P. de Candolle, 1830
- Specific epithet:
glandulifera
- Wallich ex Candolle, Prodr. 4: 642. 1830.
- Form:
l literature
up to the publication of Icones
- Botanical name: - Triplostegia glandulifera Wall. ex DC. Wallich ex Candolle, Prodr. 4: 642. 1830.
- Form:
l literature
up to the publication of Icones
- Specific epithet:
glandulifera
- Wallich ex Candolle, Prodr. 4: 642. 1830.
- Genus:
Triplostegia
(
- Family:
Caprifoliaceae
(
- Order:
Dipsacales
(
- Superorder:
Dipsacanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Hoeckia aschersoniana Engler & Graebner • Triplostegia repens Hemsley.
Notes
Publishing author : Wall. ex DC. Publication : Prodr. (DC.) 4: 642; et Cat. n. 436 1830 [late Sep 1830]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Triplostegia
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 260.
- Flora Malesiana. general editor, C.G.G.J. van Steenis. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff, 1950- url p. 291.
- General index to the flora of Formosa as recorded in all literature up to the publication of Icones plantarum Formosanarum VI = Taiwan shokubutsu somokuroku / [B. Hayata] [Taihoku]: Taiwan Sotokufu Minseibu Shokusankyoku, 1917. url p. 37.
- Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam: or, Icones of the plants of Formosa, and materials for a flora of the island, based on a study of the collections of the Botanical survey of the Government of Formosa / By B. Hayata. .. Taihoku: Bureau of Productive Industry, Government of Formosa, 1911-1921. url p. 104.
- Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 4 1908 Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal. url p. 182.
- Materials for a flora of Formosa: supplementary notes to the Enumeratio plantarum Formosanarum and Flora montana Formosae / by B. Hayata. Tokyo, 1911 url p. 148, p. 9.
- Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 14 1923-1924 Edinburgh: H. M. Stationery Off. url p. 129, p. 148, p. 149, p. 153.
- 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. 3 1882 London: L. Reeve, 1875-97. url p. 215, p. 215.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5955421
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15452795
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320460-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1258868
Footnotes
- "Triplostegia glandulifera". in Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 654. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
