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Magnoliopsida
Trichostigma A. Rich.
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Trichostigma
Arbustos sarmentosos o lianas con ramas escandentes; corte transversal del tallo con haces vasculares discretos, rodeados por tejido parenquimático. Hojas alternas o subopuestas, simples; pecíolos largos; estípulas ausentes. Flores bisexuales, actinomorfas, en racimos axilares; brácteas deciduas; bractéolas persistentes; cáliz con 4 sépalos libres; pétalos ausentes; estambres 8-16, en dos verticilos, los filamentos libres; ovario súpero, unilocular, con un solo óvulo, el estigma sésil, con numerosas ramificaciones. Fruto una baya carnosa con sépalos persistentes en la base; semilla única. Género con 3 especies distribuidas a través del neotrópico.
Trichostigma
Clambering shrubs or lianas with scandent branches; cross section of the stem with discrete vascular bundles, surrounded by parenchymatous tissue. Leaves alternate or subopposite; petioles long; stipules absent. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, in axillary racemes; bracts deciduous; bracteoles persistent; calyx of 4 free tepals; petals absent; stamens 8-16, in two whorls, the anthers dehiscent longitudinally; ovary superior, unilocular, with a single ovule, the stigma sessile, with numerous branches. Fruit a fleshy drupe with a single seed and the persistent sepals at the base. A genus of 3 species, distributed throughout the Neotropics
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:8
Specimens with Sequences:9
Specimens with Barcodes:5
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:2
Public Species:1
Public BINs:0
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Trichostigma is the botanical name for a genus of flowering plants, native to the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America. The genus consists of perennial shrubs or vines, with axillary or terminal racemes of 5-30 flowers.
Species[edit]
- Trichostigma octandra - Hoopvine
- Trichostigma octandrum
- Trichostigma peruvianum
- Trichostigma polyandrum
- Trichostigma rivinoides
References[edit]
- eFloras entry
- Encyclopedia of Life entry
- GBIF entry
- UniProt entry
- NCBI entry
- USDA PLANTS Profile entry
- A. Richard in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba. 10: 306. 1845.
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