Tetralocularia
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
TETRALOCULARIA O'Donell, Lilloa 30: 66. 1960.
Tribe:
Aniseieae
Type Species:
Tetralocularia pennellii O'Donell, Lilloa 30: 68. 1960.
Habit:
Twining, cylindrical to angular branches. Pubescence dense ferruginous in the young parts; trichomes simple and straight or antrorse.
Leaves:
Leaves simple, entire or undulate, ovate with slightly cordate base, apex obtuse, both sides densely ferruginous tomentose, simple trichomes, with two cells, one small and other very long; petiole 2-6 mm.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescence terminal, racemose, many-flowered; bracts lanceolate or subcordate, peduncle small or none; bracteoles 2, linear to lanceolate .
Flowers:
Sepals 5, unequal; two outer oblong, semi-transparent with long series of laticifers inside, apex obtuse to subacute, margins ciliate, tomentose outside; three inner ovate to oblong, smaller, ciliate only at the apex; corolla campanulate, white, ca. 8 mm, interplicae (midpetaline bands) pubescent only at the upper half; stamens 5, subequal, included, the filaments inserted near the base of corolla, with glandular trichomes at the base; style 1, stigmas 2, globose, slightly compressed and concave.
Pollen:
smooth.
Fruits:
Capsules subglobose, depressed, glabrous, 4-lobed, 4-locular, 2-valved.
Seeds:
Seeds 4 (or less), light brown, subgloboses, glabrous; cotyledons reniform.
Distribution:
Amazon. map
Countries:
Brazil
Colombia
French Guiana
Peru
Number of Species:
1
References:
Austin, D.F. & Cavalcante, P.B. 1982. Convolvuláceas da Amazônia. Publicações Avulsas do Museu Goeldi: 125-126.
O'Donell, C.A. 1960. Notas sobre Convolvulaceae americanas. Lilloa 30: 39-69.
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