特徵描述
作者
WANG, Jenn-Che, CHEN, Chih-Hsiung, LU, Chang-Tze and CHEN, Ya-Chi
型態特徵
Herbs, annual, biennial or perennial. Stems ascending, erect or twining. Leaves opposite, less often whorled, simple; stipules absent. Inflorescences simple or complex Cymess, often a thyrse, sometimes 1-flowered. Flowers bisexual, rarely plants polygamous, 4- or 5-merous. Calyx tubular. Corolla tubular, obconic, salverform, campanulate or rotate; lobes contorted, sometimes with extensions of corolla tube (plicae) between corolla lobes. Stamens inserted on corolla tube, alternate with lobes; anthers 2-locular. Nectaries absent or attached to corolla (maculas) or ovary base. Ovaries superior, 1-locular, rarely 2-locular, with parietal placentae. Fruit a 2-valved Capsule, rarely a berry. Seeds many, rarely few, small.
屬
About 80 genera and 700 species, worldwide, mostly in temperate to frigid regions. Five genera and 26 taxa in Taiwan, of which 20 taxa are endemic.
參考文獻
- WANG, Jenn-Che, CHEN, Chih-Hsiung, LU, Chang-Tze and CHEN, Ya-Chi, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 154. 1998. (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)
- Ho, T. N. and J. S. Pringle., Flora of China Family 16: 1-139. 1995. (Fl. China)
- Ho, T. N., S. W. Liu, and C. J. Wu, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 62: 1-411. 1988. (Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin.)
- Ying, S. S., Quarterly journal (Bulletin) of the experimental forest of National Taiwan University 3(2): 87-111. 1989. (Quart. J. Exp. For. Natl. Taiwan Univ.)
Tripterospermum 肺形草屬
作者
WANG, Jenn-Che and CHEN, Ya-Chi
型態特徵
Perennial scandent or climbing herbs. Stems slender, elongated and twining or creeping. Leaves opposite, usually 3-nerved, petiolate. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, 1-flowered or few-flowered Cymess. Flowers 5-merous, usually with small foliaceous bracts at base. Calyx tube usually 5 keeled costae continuous with calyx lobes, 5-cleft. Corolla tubular to tubular-campanulate, 5-lobed, with plicae in sinuses of lobes. Stamens inserted in lower part of corolla tube, unequal, recurved apically. Nectaries forming a collar-like disc surrounding base of ovary. Ovary stipitate (gynophore), ellipsoid, 1-locular; styles slender, persistent; stigmas 2, linear, recurved at anthesis. Fruit a berry or Capsule, often spindle-shaped, subglobose to ellipsoid. Seeds triquetrous, often compressed, winged or wingless.
參考文獻
- WANG, Jenn-Che, CHEN, Chih-Hsiung, LU, Chang-Tze and CHEN, Ya-Chi, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 183. 1998. (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)
- Murata, J., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo Sec. III 16(4): 273-339. 1989.
