Congea Roxb.

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Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Inflorescences of few-flowered cymes, arranged in panicles, the cymes subtended by prominent, petaloid (in ours) involucral bracts. Corolla 2-lipped, white or pink. Stamens exserted. Fruit a drupe.

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Congea

Lianas o arbustos sarmentosos, sin espinas, pubescencia de pelos simples o estrellados. Hojas simples, opuestas, pecioladas, con márgenes enteros; estípulas ausentes. Flores bisexuales, zigomorfas, 5-meras, en cimas parecidas a capítulos, éstas agrupadas en panículas terminales. Cáliz ovoide-campanulado, 5-dentado; corola tubular, bilabiada, el labio superior bilobado, el labio basal trilobado, más corto que el superior; estambres 4, exertos, didínamos, adnatos a la corola más abajo de la garganta; ovario súpero, imperfectamente bilobado, cada lóculo con dos óvulos; estilo delgado, tan largo como los estambres, estigma bífido. Fruto seco, obovoide, con una sola semilla. Género con 10 especies nativas del sudeste Asiático.

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Congea

Lianas or clambering shrubs, without spines, pubescence of simple or stellate hairs. Leaves simple, opposite, petiolate, with entire margins; stipules absent. Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, in head-like cymes, arranged in terminal panicles. Calyx ovoid-campanulate, 5-dentate; corolla 5-merous, tubular, bilabiate, the upper lip bilobate, the basal lip trilobate, shorter than the upper lip; stamens 4, exserted, the filaments didynamous, adnate to the corolla below the throat; ovary superior, imperfectly bilobate, each locule biovulate; style slender, as long as the filaments, stigma bifid. Fruit dry, obovoid, with a single seed. A genus of 10 species, native to southeastern Asia.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:4
Specimens with Sequences:4
Specimens with Barcodes:3
Species:1
Species With Barcodes:1
Public Records:4
Public Species:1
Public BINs:0

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Congea:

Congea is a small genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1820.

It contains climbing plants native to southern China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia[1][2] that are rarely seen in cultivation outside the tropics. One species, Congea tomentosa, is occasionally grown in large greenhouses, but this is mainly restricted to conservatories on large estates or botanic gardens.

Species[1]
  1. Congea chinensis Moldenke - Yunnan, Myanmar
  2. Congea connata H.R.Fletcher - Thailand
  3. Congea forbesii King & Gamble - Malaysia, Sumatra
  4. Congea griffithiana Munir - Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia; naturalized in Sri Lanka
  5. Congea hansenii Moldenke - Thailand
  6. Congea × munirii Moldenke - Vietnam (C. chinensis × C. connata)
  7. Congea pedicellata Munir - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam; naturalized in Fiji
  8. Congea rockii Moldenke - Thailand
  9. Congea siamensis H.R.Fletcher - Thailand, Myanmar
  10. Congea tomentosa Roxb., commonly called Shower Orchid, Shower of Orchids, or Wooly Congea. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Indochina; naturalized in Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka
  11. Congea velutina Wight - Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Sumatra
  12. Congea vestita Griff. - Indochina

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 49 绒苞藤属 rong bao teng shu Congea Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 3: 90. 1820.
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