Cottonia Wight
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.3 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/32218797-FFA5-7A23-FF29-FCB7FC1DFC20 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Cottonia Wight |
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Sri Lanka harbors only one species belong to this genus and observations were made from Kanneliya and Dombagaskanda where C. peduncularis was growing as an epiphyte and as a lithophyte in Kitulgala. This species also has a long rachis containing terminal flowers with characteristic shape of a female bee. This feature is used for attracting bees for pollination. Cottonia peduncularis is recorded as a NT species ( MOE, 2012).
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