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Cinchona

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Cinchona

Description

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Growth Form: Trees or shrubs, glabrous or variously pubescent.

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Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Pinnately veined. Petiolate. Stipules large, distinct, often red-veined, caducous.

Flowers: Flowers numerous in terminal panicles with opposite branches. Flowers insect-pollinated, bisexual (perfect), often heterostylous. Calyx 5-toothed or 5-lobed with open aestivation, the lobes usually small, rudimentary, or absent, occasionally 1 or more enlarged and brightly colored. Corolla salverform, 5-lobed, the lobes valvate in bud, pubescent externally, villous within; nectary disk usually present. Stamens 5, alternate with the corolla lobes, slightly exserted or included; filaments distinct, short or elongate, usually inserted on the corolla tube or throat; anthers linear, dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary inferior, 2–celled; ovules numerous; style short or elongate, 2–lobed, terminal, slender; stigmas lobed or capitate, dry or occasionally wet.

Fruit: Capsules ovoid to oblong–ovoid; 2–grooved; septicidally dehiscent from base to apex. Seeds numerous; broadly winged; with well-developed oily endosperm; or endosperm occasionally scanty or absent.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 172 (1753)

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