Pinochia monteverdensis
(Redirected from Forsteronia monteverdensis)
| Pinochia monteverdensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Pinochia |
| Species: | P. monteverdensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinochia monteverdensis (J.F. Morales) M.E. Endress & B.F. Hansen
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Forsteronia monteverdensis J.F. Morales | |
Pinochia monteverdensis is a plant species native to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Oaxaca.[1]
Pinochia monteverdensis is a liana climbing over other vegetation. Leaves are elliptic or oblanceolate, up to 13 cm long and 4 cm wide, tapering to a point at the tip. Calyx lobes are tapering, up to 2 mm long, with hairs. Corolla white, up to 4 mm long, the tube hairless but the lobes hairy. Follicle non-hairy, up to 20 cm long.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. Pinochia, a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae from the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 64(2): 269–274.
- ^ Morales, J. Francisco. 1995.. A new species of Forsteronia (Apocynaceae) from Costa Rica. Phytologia 78:195-196.
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
- ^ Morales, J. F. 2009. La familia Apocynaceae (Apocynoideae, Rauvolfioideae) en Guatemala. Darwiniana 47(1): 140–184.