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Dicliptera

Juss. (1807)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Dicliptera

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Herbs or shrubs.

Stems: Hexagonal in cross section.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite and decussate (pairs of leaves alternating 90 degrees between nodes). Blades usually ovate. Margins entire or undulate. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in cymes, spikes, or panicles. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Each subtended by 2–4 conspicuous bracts. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla narrowly funnelform, distinctly 2-lipped. Stamens 2, inserted on the corolla alternate with the lobes, sometimes 1 or more reduced to staminodes; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; ovule placentation axile; style filiform, simple.

Fruit: Capsules with two cells; usually dehiscing explosively; ovoid to clavate. Seeds 2 or 4; On small hooked stalks (modified funiculus) that ejects the Seeds from the capsule; embryos usually large; endosperm absent.

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Pumehana Imada
  • Name derived from the Greek diclis, double-folding, and pteron, wing, in reference to the appearance of the bracts.

Bibliography

Name Published In: Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 267 (1807)

Other References

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R., & Sohmer, S. H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2 (No. Edn 2). University of Hawai'i and Bishop Museum Press.

Occurrences

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