(Last Modified On 7/25/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/25/2013)
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Genus
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Chaetoclamys Lindau
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 490. 1895.
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Note
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LECTOTYPE: C. macro- siphon Lindau.
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Description
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Herbs or suffrutescent plants. Leaves ovate to lanceolate. Flowers borne in short spikes which are crowded into a terminal, congested head; bracts and bracteoles narrow. Flowers with the calyx segments 5, narrow; corolla salverform, bilabiate, the upper lip 2-lobed, the lower lip 3-lobed; stamens 2, exserted, the cells attached at different heights, the lobe spurred. Capsules clavate; seeds 4.
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Habit
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Herbs
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Note
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All of the 14 species described for this genus are from tropical America.
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