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Macleania Penduliflora
''Macleania'' is a genus of plants in the family Ericaceae. Description They are epiphytic or terrestrial shrubs. Alternate leaves, petiolate, coriaceous, pinnatinervias or plinervias. Subfasciculate or racemose inflorescences, axillary or terminal, with few to numerous flowers, bibracteolate pedicels, deciduous bracteoles; hypanthium articulated with the pedicel, cylindrical or campanulate; calyx limb erect and patent, (3–) 5-lobed, lobes subacute and triangular; corolla subcylindrical or elongated urceolate, 5-parted, triangular lobes, acute to subacute; stamens usually 10, equal, usually about half as long as corolla, filaments free or connate, anthers strong with strongly granular thecae, tubules nearly as long as anther sacs, or laterally connate or fused to form a tubule simple, rarely completely free, opening by elongated free or fused slits, introrse; style threadlike and about the same length as the corolla or longer, ovary 5-locular. Fruit a berry with numerous small s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macleania Insignis
''Macleania insignis'', family Ericaceae is a member of the blueberry family—its most common ancestors in North America include blueberries and cranberries. The family Ericaceae is spread across the world, with a large concentration found in South America. This plant falls within the Neotropical subgroup and then Andean clade of this family. The Psammisia II section shares the closest common ancestor to this plant, and its closest split on a family tree is shared with ''Macleania coccoloboides'' and M''acleania bullata''. Phylogenic classification of ''M. insignis'' has primarily been carried out through an examination of morphological traits as well as genetic analysis. ''Macleania'' is an angiosperm eudicot, in the order of Ericales and the family Ericaceae. Description ''Macleania insignis'' displays 3 cm tubular red orange flowers and dense shiny oval leaves. It can grow in a cloud forest (as an epiphyte) and as a terrestrial plant. The plant can spread out over severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
