Decalobanthus
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
DECALOBANTHUS Ooststr., Blumea 2: 99. 1936.
Tribe:
Merremieae
Type Species:
Decalobanthus sumatranus Ooststr.
Habit:
Prostrate, glabrous herb with slender stems.
Leaves:
Leaves petioled, ovate, entire.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences axillary, peduncled, cymosely 1-3-flowered.
Flowers:
Sepals 5, large, equal in length or the outer ones a little shorter, ovate or elliptic, obtuse or shallowly emarginate at the apex. Corolla regular, medium-sized, yellow, salver-shaped, with a fleshy long and narrowly obconical to cylindrical tube; limb 5-lobed; lobes bifid, their middle portion thicker than the oblong, obtuse lobules. Stamens 5, included; filaments flattened, adnate to the corolla-tube. Disk cylindrical, slightly lobed. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled, each cell with 2 ovules; style 1, simple, filiform, included; stigmas 2, globose, papillose.
Pollen:
Pollen smooth.
Fruits:
Unknown.
Distribution:
Malesia. map
Countries:
Indonesia
Ecology:
Open sunny place along roadside, on weathered volcanic tuff; 60 m elev.
Number of Species:
1
References:
Ooststroom, S.J. van. 1936. Blumea 2: 98-100.
Ooststroom, S.J. van. 1953. Flora Malesiana ser. I, 4: 457-458.
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