Rhabdadenia Müll. Arg.

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Rhabdadenia

Lianas volubles o con menos frecuencia arbustos erectos, con abundante látex lechoso. Hojas opuestas, pecioladas; láminas simples, sin glándulas; estípulas interpeciolares, deciduas o persistentes. Flores bisexuales, actinomorfas, en pequeñas cimas axilares. Cáliz con 5 sépalos libres, alargados, sin apéndices; corola infundibuliforme; estambres 5, insertos, las anteras concrescentes alrededor del estigma, los filamentos unidos a la corola; ovario súpero con 5 nectarios glandulosos en la base; carpelos 2, libres. Frutos de 2 folículos cilíndricos; semillas numerosas, lineares, con un mechón de largos pelos en el ápice. Género neotropical con 4 ó 5 especies.

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Rhabdadenia

Twining lianas or less frequently erect shrubs, with abundant milky latex. Leaves opposite, petiolate; blades simple, without glands; stipules interpetiolar, deciduous or persistent. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, in small axillary cymes. Calyx of 5 free sepals, elongate, without appendages; corolla infundibuliform; stamens 5, inserted, the anthers concrescent around the stigma, the filaments united to the corolla; ovary superior with 5 glandular nectaries at the base; carpels 2, free. Fruits of 2 cylindrical follicles; seeds numerous, linear, with a tuft of long hairs at the apex. A neotropical genus of 4 or 5 species.

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Depth range based on 4 specimens in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 1 - 1
 
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Rhabdadenia:

Rhabdadenia is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida.[1][2]

Species[1]
formerly included in the genus[1]
  1. Rhabdadenia barbata (Desv. ex Ham.) Miers = Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
  2. Rhabdadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
  3. Rhabdadenia campestris (Vell.) Miers = Mandevilla hirsuta (Rich.) K.Schum.
  4. Rhabdadenia corallicola Small = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
  5. Rhabdadenia cubensis Müll.Arg. = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
  6. Rhabdadenia laxiflora Miers = Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
  7. Rhabdadenia lindeniana Müll.Arg. = Angadenia lindeniana (Müll.Arg.) Miers
  8. Rhabdadenia lucida Miers = Odontadenia nitida (Vahl) Müll.Arg.
  9. Rhabdadenia polyneura Urb = Odontadenia polyneura (Urb.) Woodson
  10. Rhabdadenia sagrae (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. ex Griseb. = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
  11. Rhabdadenia wrightiana Müll.Arg. = Neobracea valenzuelana (A.Rich.) Urb.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXXVII: Monografia del género Rhabdadenia (Apocynaceae: Echiteae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 541-564.
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