Chirita medica (Chirita medica)
Description
Perennials,stemless.Rhizome internodes inconspicuous.Leaves basal,opposite;petiole 5-25 X 5-8 mm;leaf blade narrowly ovate to elliptic,3.5-7 X 2-3.5 cm,papery to herbaceous,adaxially with dense,short and long hairs,eglandular,abaxially velutinous,base oblique,cuneate,margin entire to repand,apex acute;lateral veins ca.5 on each side of midrib,inconspicuous.Cymes 3-7-flowered;peduncle 8.5-11 cm,villous and glandular puberulent;bracts 2,free,lanceolate-linear,4-7 X 1-1.2 mm,villous,margin entire,apex acute.Pedicel 3-15 mm,villous and glandular puberulent.Calyx 5-sect from base;segments equal,lanceolate-linear,3.5-4 X 0.8-1 mm,outside puberulent,inside glabrous,margin entire,apex acute.Corolla white,tinged pink,1.7-2.1 cm,outside sparsely puberulent,inside basally sparsely puberulent;tube nearly tubular,1.3-1.5 cm X 5-6 mm;adaxial lip ca.3 mm;abaxial lip ca.6 mm.Filaments ca.9 mm,glabrous;anthers fused by entire adaxial surfaces,ca.2.2 mm,pubescent;staminodes 2,1.5-2.5 mm.Pistil 1.3-1.8 cm,densely puberulent;ovary ca.7 mm.Stigma obdeltoid,ca.1 mm,2-lobed.Capsule erect,ca.1.5 mm.Fl.Apr.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Gesneriaceae
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Genus: Chirita
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