Landolphia angustisepala
| Landolphia angustisepala | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Landolphia |
| Species: | L. angustisepala
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| Binomial name | |
| Landolphia angustisepala Pichon
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Landolphia angustisepala is a species within the Apocynaceae family. It occurs in Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
Description
[edit]Landolphia angustisepala is a large liana with curled tendrils that grow up to 30 cm long, tendril hooks can reach 2.5 cm long. Its branches are red or brownish in color often with lenticels.[1] Leaves, petiole is 3-6 mm long; when dry, its leaflets have a coriaceous surface, the leaf-blade is ovate to obovate in shape, apex is acuminate but sometimes rounded or obtuse and it is basally acute. The inflorescence is terminal, dichisial cyme is 1.1-3.6 cm long and 1.7-4.3 cm wide; its lanate or densely villose peduncle is 2-16 mm long, pedicel is 1-2.2 mm long and its corolla is creamy.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Occurs in the rainforest areas of Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c The African species of Landolphia P. Beauv. : series of revisions of Apocynaceae XXXIV. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Agricultural University. 1992. pp. 16–19. ISBN 90-6754-234-2. OCLC 31208098.
- ^ "Landolphia angustisepala Pichon | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-08-12.