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Oxera Palmatinervia
''Oxera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae native to Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the western Pacific. Description Species of ''Oxera'' show a variety of growth forms, including lianas, shrubs and trees. The leaves are simple, and are petiolate (on short stalks), except in '' O. sessilifolia'', with entire or occasionally sinuate (wavy) edges. The inflorescences are loose thyrses of flowers, growing from leaf axils (axillary) or directly from the stem (cauliflory). The flowers are large, conspicuous and bisexual; the calyx is actinomorphic (rotationally symmetrical), but the corolla is zygomorphic, sometimes strongly so. Although some species have four stamens in each flower, they are usually reduced in number with two stamens, usually the posterior pair, forming staminodes instead. Distribution Twenty of the twenty-one species are found on the island of Grande Terre (the main island of New Caledonia). Three species occur on the adjacent island of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxera Pulchella
''Oxera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae native to Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the western Pacific. Description Species of ''Oxera'' show a variety of growth forms, including lianas, shrubs and trees. The leaves are simple, and are petiolate (on short stalks), except in '' O. sessilifolia'', with entire or occasionally sinuate (wavy) edges. The inflorescences are loose thyrses of flowers, growing from leaf axils (axillary) or directly from the stem ( cauliflory). The flowers are large, conspicuous and bisexual; the calyx is actinomorphic (rotationally symmetrical), but the corolla is zygomorphic, sometimes strongly so. Although some species have four stamens in each flower, they are usually reduced in number with two stamens, usually the posterior pair, forming staminodes instead. Distribution Twenty of the twenty-one species are found on the island of Grande Terre (the main island of New Caledonia). Three species occur on the adjacent island of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
