Ipomoeeae
Rivea
EOL Text
Similar to Ipomoea, but has an indehiscent fruit, usually with a single seed.
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Source | http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1189 |
Turbina
Bejucos leñosos, volubles, glabros o pubescentes, los cuales producen poco látex acuoso. Hojas alternas, pecioladas; láminas simples, cordiformes; estípulas ausentes. Inflorescencias de cimas axilares, panículas terminales o las flores solitarias; sépalos desiguales, ovados o lanceolados, acrescentes en el fruto; corolas infundibuliformes o hipocrateriformes, blancas, verdosas, rosadas o carmesí; estambres insertos, los filamentos glandular-pubescentes en la base; ovario súpero, bilocular, el estilo simple, con dos estigmas globosos. Frutos indehiscentes, secos, leñosos a crustáceos, elipsoides o globosos, uniloculares; semillas usualmente 1, ovoides a elipsoides, pubescentes. Género pantropical con alrededor de 12 especies.
Turbina
Woody vines, twining, glabrous or pubescent, which produce scarce watery latex. Leaves alternate, petiolate; blades simple, cordiform; stipules absent. Inflorescences of axillary cymes, terminal panicles, or the flowers solitary; sepals unequal, ovate or lanceolate, accrescent in the fruit; corollas infundibuliform or hypocrateriform, white, greenish, pink, or crimson; stamens inserted, the filaments glandularpubescent at the base; ovary superior, bilocular, the style simple, with two globose stigmas. Fruits indehiscent, dry, woody to crustaceous, ellipsoid or globose, unilocular; seed usually 1, ovoid to ellipsoid, pubescent. A pantropical genus of about 12 species.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:7
Specimens with Sequences:9
Specimens with Barcodes:9
Species:3
Species With Barcodes:3
Public Records:4
Public Species:3
Public BINs:0