Iochroma peruvianum
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Iochroma peruvianum is a plant type from the genus of iochroma ( Iochroma ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Iochroma peruvianum is a perennial , woody plant. The upper branches and the flower stalk clusters are densely tomentose. The leaf stalks are about 1 cm long. The leaf blades are egg-shaped, are described by the type specimen as about 5 cm long and barely half as wide, can become somewhat larger with age. The top is balding, the bottom is slightly hairy.
The flower stalks are slender, thickened on the top and 3.5 to 4 cm long. The calyx is short, often cut off or unevenly covered with five calyx teeth. One part of the calyx is two-lobed, the other part three-lobed. The crown is colored orange-red and has thick tomentose hairs. It usually becomes about 3 cm long, but can also be longer. The stamens and the stylus are about the same length and just protrude just above the crown. The stamens are hairy, the stigma has two lobes shaped like a head.
Occurrence
The species occurs in Peru in the Amazon region in the Chachapoyas province .
supporting documents
- J. Francis Macbride: Dunalia peruviana . In: Flora of Peru . Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Volume XIII, Part VB, Number 1, May 1962.