Capparidastrum (DC.) Hutch.
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.439.3.9 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14204702 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A98785-E43A-FFF1-2CBD-F92141D0F81B |
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Felipe |
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Capparidastrum (DC.) Hutch. |
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Capparidastrum (DC.) Hutch. View in CoL
Trees or shrubs stem glabrous or less commonly simple, short and pilose, with tuberculous lenticels that are ovoid to elongate. Leaves simple, subtended by pairs of triangular stipules, arranged spirally; petioles of unequal length with pulvinus at base, apex or both tips, terete or semiterete. Blade coriaceous to papyraceous, acute to acuminate at apex, cuneate to rounded, cordate even unequal at base, margin entire to slightly undulate, glabrous to slightly pilose. Racemes terminal or subterminal, mainly glabrous. Aestivation of calyx imbricate, valvate; sepals free. Flowers actinomorphic and hermaphroditic. Floral nectaries fleshy and glabrous. Petals twice to five times the size of the sepals. Stamens two to five times the petal length. Gynophore exsert, longer than the stamens. Fruits pepo or capsular, seeds variable in number, ovoid, ellipsoidal to reniform.
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