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(Last Modified On 9/10/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/10/2013)
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Genus
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Manettia L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mant. P1. 553. 1771.
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Note
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Nomen conserv. TYPE: M. reclinata L.
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Synonym
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Lygistuin P. Br., Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam. 142. 1756. Nomen rejic. TYPE: Petesia lygistlin L. Nacibea Aubl. Hist. P1. Guiane 1: 95. 1775. TYPE: no type indicated. Conotrichia A. Rich., MWm. Soc. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 277. 1829; Richard, Mem. Fam. Rub. 197. 1830. TYPE: C. alba (Aubl.) A. Rich.
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Description
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Herbs or vines, sometimes woody. Leaves petiolate, the stipules small, per- sistent. Inflorescences axillary, cymose, occasionally terminal, the flowers oc- casionally solitary. Flowers variable in color, the calycine lobes usually 4, short or long, usually with teeth or small glands between the lobes; corolla tubular or funnel shaped, 4-lobed; anthers exserted or included; ovary 2-celled, the ovules numerous. Fruits capsular, obovoid or turbinate, septicidally bivalvate, splitting from the apex; seeds compressed, winged.
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Habit
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Herbs or vines
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Distribution
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occurs sporadically in Central America, abundantly in tropical South America, and the West Indies.
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Note
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It is a genus of about 130 species.
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Reference
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Wernham, H. F. 1918. The genus Manettia. J. Bot. 57 (Suppl.): 1-44.
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Key
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a. Herbs, upright or scarcely upright. b. Plants terrestrial; leaves sessile, the blades linear ovate or linear elliptic; flowers on pedicels to 6 mm long ...... 1. M. bocataurensis bb. Plants aquatic; leaves with petioles ca. 1 cm long, the blades ovate or rhombic ovate; flowers sessile ...... 3. M. hydrophila aa. Vines. c. Calycine lobes (6-)8; flowers red or magenta rarely white ...... 4. M. reclinata cc. Calycine lobes 4; flowers white ...... 2. M. flexilis
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