(Last Modified On 7/31/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/31/2013)
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Genus
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Elateriopsis Ernst.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Flora 56: 257. 1873.
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Note
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TYPE: E. caracasana Ernst.
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Description
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Monoecious, tendriled vines; stems 5-sulcate. Leaves petiolate, entire, angu- late, or 3- to 5-lobate; tendrils 3- to 5-branched. Staminate flowers in axillary racemes; calyx campanulate, 5-lobate; corolla campanulate or spreading, 5- lobate; stamens 5, the filaments connate, the anthers connate, conduplicate, forming a subspherical head. Pistillate flowers solitary in the same axils as the staminate flowers; calyx and corolla as in the staminate flowers; ovary ovoid to fusiform, usually oblique, 3-carpellate, the styles 4, connate, erect, the stigmas 3, forming a peltate, irregularly-lobate head. Fruits ovate to fusiform, usually oblique, longitudinally dehiscent, with or without spines, usually fleshy; seeds several in each carpel, pendulous, subovate to obtusely triangular, compressed, the margins often undulate or notched, the testa smooth or rugulose.
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Habit
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vines
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Note
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Elateriopsis includes about five species in the Neotropics, a single species occurring in Panama.
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Reference
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M. Crovetto, R. 1957. Revision critica del genero "Elateriopisis." Darwinia 11: 23-243.
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