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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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Genus
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Kalbreyeriella Lindau
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Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dablem 8: 143. 1922.
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TYPE: K. rostellata Lindau.
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Description
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Herbs or shrubs. Leaves petiolate. Inflorescences in spikes, racemes or nar- row panicles; bracts or bractlets shorter than the calyx. Flowers with the calyx 5-merous, deeply segmented, the segments lanceolate; corolla broad tubular, slightly gibbous, scarlet, glabrous or hirtellous, beaked at the tip before ex- pansion of the lips, the upper lip erect, narrow, partially enclosing the stamens and the style, the lower lip triangular, recurved, the apex minutely trilobate; stamens 2, exserted; anthers 1- or 2-celled; ovary glabrous; mature capsules not seen.
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Habit
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Herbs or shrubs
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Distribution
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Colombia and Panama.
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Note
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Kalbreyeriella most closely resembles the genus Razisea, Oerst., but can be distinguished from it by its calyx lobes which are 2-3 times longer than the bracts and the bractlets, and by its corollas which are apically beaked prior to expansion.
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