Baroniella camptocarpoides
Baroniella camptocarpoides | |
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Photograph of an herbarium specimen of Baroniella camptocarpoides[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Baroniella |
Species: | B. camptocarpoides
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Binomial name | |
Baroniella camptocarpoides Costantin & Gallaud
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Baroniella camptocarpoides is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.[3] Julien Noël Costantin and Ernest-Isidore Gallaud, the botanists who first formally described the species, named it after its resemblance to, but distinctiveness from, plants in the genus Camptocarpus.[4][5]
Description
It is twining plant that reaches 4 meters in height and is woody only at the base of its stem. The hairless, thin, narrow, elliptical leaves are 3–6 by 1–3.5 centimeters. The tips of the leaves pointed to sharply pointed. The bases have a cut-off to wedge shape. The leaves' midribs are impressed on top, projecting below. The secondary veins are faint and even with the surface of the leaves. Its
Reproductive biology
The pollen of Baroniella camptocarpoides is shed as permanent tetrads.[6]
Distribution and habitat
It has been observed growing in sandy soils, in coastal forests at elevations of up to 580 meters.[5]
References
- ^ "Baroniella camptocarpoides Costantin & Gallaud". Tropicos. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. n.d. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- . Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Baroniella camptocarpoides Costantin & Gallaud". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ a b Costantin; Gallaud (1907). "Revision des Asclépiadacées de Madagascar" [Revision of the Asclepiadaceae of Madagascar]. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (in French and Latin). 6 (5 & 6): 333–264.
- ^ a b c Klackenberg, Jens (1997). "Revision of the genus Baroniella Costantin & Gallaud (Asclepiadaceae, Periplocoideae)". Candollea. 52 (5 & 6): 383–407.
- JSTOR 3298634.