Monographs Details:
Authority:
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
Mori, S. A., et al. 1997. Guide to the vascular plants of central French Guiana: Part 1. Pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and monocotyledons. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76: 1-422.
Family:
Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae
Description:
Genus Description - Vines or terrestrial herbs. Inflorescences in terminal or axillary thyrses of cincinni, sometimes piercing leaf sheath. Flowers actinomorphic or slightly zygomorphic; sepals and petals free; stamens 5 or 6, with short, glabrous filaments and large anthers opening by a terminal pore. Fruits loculicidal, with 3 fleshy-leathery valves. Seeds 1-5 per locule, embedded in a fleshy aril, the hilum oblong.
Genus Description - Vines or terrestrial herbs. Inflorescences in terminal or axillary thyrses of cincinni, sometimes piercing leaf sheath. Flowers actinomorphic or slightly zygomorphic; sepals and petals free; stamens 5 or 6, with short, glabrous filaments and large anthers opening by a terminal pore. Fruits loculicidal, with 3 fleshy-leathery valves. Seeds 1-5 per locule, embedded in a fleshy aril, the hilum oblong.