Landolphia angustisepala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Landolphia
Species:
L. angustisepala
Binomial name
Landolphia angustisepala
Pichon

Landolphia angustisepala is a species within the Apocynaceae family. It occurs in Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Description

Landolphia angustisepala is a large liana with curled tendrils that grow up to 30 cm long, tendril hooks can reach 2.5 cm long. Its branches are red or brownish in color often with lenticels.[1] Leaves, petiole is 3-6 mm long; when dry, its leaflets have a coriaceous surface, the leaf-blade is ovate to obovate in shape, apex is acuminate but sometimes rounded or obtuse and it is basally acute. The inflorescence is terminal, dichisial cyme is 1.1-3.6 cm long and 1.7-4.3 cm wide; its lanate or densely villose peduncle is 2-16 mm long, pedicel is 1-2.2 mm long and its corolla is creamy.[1]

Distribution

Occurs in the rainforest areas of Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The African species of Landolphia P. Beauv. : series of revisions of Apocynaceae XXXIV. Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Agricultural University. 1992. pp. 16–19. ISBN 90-6754-234-2. OCLC 31208098.
  2. ↑ "Landolphia angustisepala Pichon | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
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