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Urceola tournieri (Pieffe) D. J. Middleton

Description

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Lianas stout, to 20 m, glabrous except for branches and inflorescences. Bark brown, prominently lenticellate; branches puberulent. Petiole 6-8 mm; leaf blade oblong, narrowly so, 11-18 X 2.5-6 cm, apex cuspidate; lateral veins 7-9 pairs. Cymes corymbose, axillary, 8-16 cm, puberulent. Pedicel 2-2.5 mm, puberulent. Sepals ovate, 0.5-0.7 mm. Corolla white, 1.6-2.2 mm, tube 1-1.5 mm; lobes 0.5-0.7 mm, asymmetric. Ovary villous. Follicles narrowly ovoid, to 10 X 2 cm, stout, nearly woody, with many lenticels. Seeds oblong, ca. 1.5 cm X 3 mm, coma yellowish, ca. 3 cm. Fl. summer-autumn.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 16: 184 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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S Yunnan [Laos, Myanmar].
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 16: 184 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Habitat

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Forests; 800-1800 m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 16: 184 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Synonym

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Ecdysanthera tournieri Pierre, Rev. Cultures Colon. 11: 228. 1902; Parabarium burmanicum Lý; P. tournieri (Pierre) Pierre.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 16: 184 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
original
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eFloras