(Last Modified On 8/19/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/19/2013)
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Genus
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Bertiera Aubl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Hist. P1. Guiane 180. 1775. "Berthiera"
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Note
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TYPE: B. guianensis Aublet.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees. Leaves petiolate or sessile; stipules connate, the sheath bifid. Inflorescences terminal, cymose paniculate, pedunculate, the bracts nar- row. Flowers with the hypanthium subglobose or turbinate, the calycine cup truncate and edentate or with 5 teeth; corolla funnelshaped, the tube usually sericeous outside, the lobes 5, ovate, contorted; stamens 5, the anthers ovate or subulate, dorsifixed, the connective acuminate or produced at the apex, the fil- aments short, attached to the tube; ovarian disc cupular or annular, the style slender, glabrous, the stigmas entire or disposed as 2 narrow lobes, the ovary 2-celled, the ovules numerous, the placentas entire, affixed to the septum. Fruits baccate, fleshy; seeds numerous, small, angulate, the testa foveolate or granulate.
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Habit
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Shrubs or small trees
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Distribution
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Bertiera occurs in tropical America and in Africa. It is a genus of about 30 species.
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Reference
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Standley, P. S. 1934. 65. Bertiera Aubl., N. Am. Fl. 32(3): 180-181.
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Key
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a. Leaves with 8-9 lateral veins; stipules 1.5(-2.0) cm long ...... 1. B. angustifolia aa. Leaves with ca. 7 lateral veins; stipules 0.9-1.2 cm long ...... 2. B. guianensis
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