特徵描述
作者
LIU, Ho-Yih, YANG, T. Y. Aleck, LI, Sung-Po and LI, Hen-Jung
型態特徵
Trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs. Leaves simple, mostly entire, commonly decussately opposite, often with connate interpetiolar stipules, or sometimes whorled, or rarely stipules intrapetiolar. Inflorescence basically cymose, terminal or lateral, rarely solitary flowers. Flowers mostly complete, rarely unisexual, nearly always epigynous, often heterostyle, zoophilous or rarely anemophilous, actinomorphic or rarely zygomorphic, often tetramerous or pentamerous. Calyx adnate to the ovary, aestivation open, lobes minute or obsolete, sometimes one or more enlarged and colored. Corolla sympetalous, salverform, rotate or funnelform. Stamens as many as and alternate corolla lobes, attached within corolla tube or at mouth; anthers dithecal, opening longitudinally. Ovary nearly always inferior, often bicarpellate; style single, terminal; stigma capitate or lobed. Fruit a capsule, berry, drupe, or schizocarp.
屬
About 630 genera, especially abundant in tropical and subtropical regions; 38 genera in Taiwan.
參考文獻
Neanotis 新耳草屬
作者
LIU, Ho-Yih, YANG, T. Y. Aleck, LI, Sung-Po and LI, Hen-Jung
型態特徵
Annual or perennial herbs, foetid when bruised; stems ascending or prostrate, often rooting below. Leaves opposite, penninerved, sessile or petiolate, entire; stipules interpetiolar, entire or with upper margin laciniate. Flowers in terminal or axillary fascicles or cymes, bisexual; calyx campanulate, tube slightly compressed, lobes 4(–5), persistent; corolla funnelform or tubular, white, purple, or green; lobes 4(–5), valvate, recurved; stamens 4(–5), short-stalked, inserted at apex of tube, pollen poly-colporate; ovary 2-celled, ovule numerous per cell, style filiform, stigma 2-lobed or branched; fruit a transversely compressed capsule, indehiscent or loculicidal dehiscent at apex with a pore which expands into a slit; seeds shell-shaped, longitudinally keeled.
