Английская Википедия:Dianthera incerta
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Dianthera incerta is a species of perennial herb in the Acanthus family commonly known as the Cape tube-tongue or chuparrosa.[1] D. incerta is characterized by solitary, pink, two-lipped tubular flowers up to Шаблон:Cvt long that emerge from the leaf axils. It is endemic to the Cape region of Baja California Sur, as is the larger, shrubby, red-flowered Justicia purpusii. It is most similar to other species formerly placed in Siphonoglossa, such as Dianthera sessilis of the West Indies and South America.[2]
Description
Dianthera incerta is a perennial herb that grows to Шаблон:Cvt tall. The young stems are square-shaped and may be furrowed. The foliage, stems, flowers and fruits are covered in pubescent, non-glandular hairs. The leaves are subsessile to petiolate, with the petioles up to Шаблон:Cvt long, eventually reducing to stubs along the stem Шаблон:Cvt once the leaves have fallen. The leaves are ovate and entire, measuring Шаблон:Convert long by Шаблон:Convert wide. The tip of the leaf is acute to acuminate, while the base of the leaf is acute to cordate to truncate.[2]
Flowering and fruiting is from September to December and April to May. The inflorescence is a dichasia emerging from the axils of the leaves (with the distal leaves sometimes being reduced and bract-like), usually bearing a solitary flower. The dichasia is subsessile to sessile, with a short peduncle only up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The bracteoles are sessile and reach up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are sessile, and have a 4-lobed calyx Шаблон:Convert long. The two-lipped corolla is a rose-pink with a white and darker-pink crow's-foot shaped pattern on the spreading lower lip. The corolla measures up to Шаблон:Cvt long, and the corolla tube Шаблон:Convert long.[2]
The fruit is a capsule Шаблон:Convert long, held on a stipe up to Шаблон:Cvt long. There are 4 seeds, each up to Шаблон:Cvt long, white in immaturity, turning brown when mature.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Dianthera incerta is endemic to the Cape region of Baja California Sur, the far southern portion of the peninsula characterized by the Sierra de la Laguna and the San Lucan scrub. It is found in the non-desert portions of the mountains and lowlands of the Cape. D. incerta is usually associated with the tropical deciduous forest and pine-oak forests of the region at elevations of Шаблон:Convert. It usually occurs on slopes, along watercourses, and in canyons and gulches.[1][2][3]
References
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External links
- Justicia austrocapensis at SEINet
- Justicia austrocapensis at Red de Herbarios del Noroeste de México
- Justicia austrocapensis on EncicloVida
- Английская Википедия
- Acanthaceae
- Flora of Baja California Sur
- Natural history of Baja California Sur
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Endemic flora of Mexico
- Plants described in 1892
- Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee
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