Borismene
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Authority
Barneby, Rupert C. 1972. New and notable Menispermaceae tribe Tinosporeae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 22: 137-151.
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Family
Menispermaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Menispermaceum tribui Tinosporeis juxta Fibrauream Lour, collocandum, flore [male] 6-petalo (nee apetalo) patriaque neo (nee palaeo)-gea abstans. A caeteris Tino-sporeis amerieanis endospermo circum condylum laminiformem verticalem plieato abhorret. Frutices alte scandentes glaberrimae, facie Fibraureae sive Odontocaryae, ramis junioribus canaliculatis minutmi lenticellatis, foliis saepe amphs 3-5-plinerviis; inflorescentiae [male] e ramulorum hornotinorum axillis erumpentes fasciculatae bis- vel trisracemosae, ramulis ultmiis racemosis vel cymose subtrifloris, floribus pedicellatis; flos [male]: sepala 9 membranacea ad medium paullo incrassata dimorpha, 3 extima minuta, 6 interiora majuscula inter se subaequilonga ad anthesin patula apice incurva; petala 6 submembranacea parvula fere homomorpha obovata basin versus induplicata filamentum nidulantia; androecium 6-merum, filamentis ab ipso basi liberis anguste clavatis dorso compressis, antherarum thecis introrsis connectivo dorsali separatis ventre collateralibus rima verticali dehiscentibus; inflorescentiae [female] simpliciter racemosae nunc axillares nunc ad ramulorum apicem foliis suffulcrantibus obsoletis quasi terminales bis-racemosae; flos [female] ignotus; carpella 3, stigmate haud dilatato-linguiformi; drupae obovoideae rectae uviformis exocarpium (siccum) tenuiter coriaceum eximie rugoso-plicatum, caro ut videtur aquata efibrosa; endocarpii testa papyracea flexilis, endospermum continuum osseum circumcondylum septiformem longitrorsus conduplicatum; embryo (tribui) rectus, cotyledonibus magnis foliaceis divergentibus. Sp. unica: Borismene japurensis (Mart.) Barneby, comb. nov. Cocculus japurenw Mart., Flora (Regensb.) 24(Beibl. 2): 44. 1841. In sylvis Japurensibus." Holotypus, 5 past anthesis but not yet fruiting, M ! (Field Neg. 19127); isotypus (fragm.), NY !Anomospermum japurense (Mart.) Eichl., Flora (Regenb.) 47: 388. 1864. Syn. tax.: Hyperbaena cuatrecasasi Mold., Phytologia 2: 134. 1946. "Jose Cuatrecasas (no. 16939) in the neighborhood of Palestina, alt. 5-50 m, on the Rio San Juan, Choco, Colombia." Holotype, [male] at full anthesis, NY ! isotype, COL !