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(Last Modified On 3/12/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/12/2013)
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Genus
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NEOBRITTONIA Hochr.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 9: 184. 1905.
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Description
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Herbs or shrubs, -the indumentum of stellate and simple hairs. Leaves long- petiolate, the stipules deciduous, the blade 3- to sub-5-palmatilobate, deeply cor- date, the margins coarsely crenate-serrate. Flowers axillary, solitary, long-pedicel- late; epicalyx wanting; calyx 5-merous, campanulate, lobed to below the middle, persistent and reflexed in fruit; petals 5, adnate to the base of the staminal tube; staminal tube ventricose, filamentiferous at the apex, the filaments numerous, the anthers hippocrepiform; ovary 9- to 12-carpellate, each carpel 2- or 3-ovulate; styles isomerous with the carpels, the stigmas capitate. Fruits subglobose to trans- versely ellipsoid, of 9-12 1-celled mericarps, these rounded and muticous at the apex, with 2 stout, basal and dorsal, deflexed awns, ultimately separating from the central axis but remaining attached thereto by subapical ligaments, bivalvate, 2- or 3-seeded; seeds cordiform-subglobose, muricate.
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Habit
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Herbs shrubs
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Distribution
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A monotypic genus which ranges from southern Mexico to Panama.
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