Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Salpichroa Miers, London J. Bot. 4: 321 (1845)
Description
Climbing or scrambling, unarmed, perennial herbs or subshrubs. Lvs usually opposite, occasionally alternate or in whorls of 3, simple, petiolate, often with a branch opposed. Fls solitary or in corymbs, axillary. Calyx deeply 5-toothed, scarcely accrescent. Corolla urceolate to tubular, white, pale green, or yellow, constricted below the 5, short, reflexed lobes. Stamens 5, equal, ± exserted; usually inserted c. middle of corolla tube. Nectary disc prominent around ovary. Stigma ± capitate. Fr. a berry, ovoid-oblong. Seeds numerous, compressed, of moderate size.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Miers, J. 1845: Contributions to the Flora of South America. London Journal of Botany 4: 319–371.
