Neotatea
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Neotatea is a plant genus of the family of calophyllaceae . It includes four types .
description
Neotatea species are sparsely branched, small trees . They are hairy with unicellular trichomes . The terminal buds have no bud scales, collaterals are also absent. The leaves are helical. The secondary leaf veins are closely spaced and parallel.
The inflorescences are terminal and consist of one to five flowers . The five sepals are in dachiger buds coverage , the five petals in turned buds coverage. The anthers are 5 to 6 mm long and have large, circular glands. The three carpels contain a multitude of ovules . The stylus is short, the scar is greatly enlarged.
The fruits open with crevices. The seeds are papilose , the seed coat is simple, exotic legs are present. The embryo is about 2.5 mm long, the cotyledons are about 1/3 to 1/2 of its length. Endosperm is present.
Systematics and occurrence
Within the genus, four species are distinguished that occur in the mountains of northern South America:
- Neotatea colombiana Maguire
- Neotatea duidae (Kobuski & Steyerm.) PFStevens & ALWeitzman (Syn .: Bonnetia duidae Kobuski & Steyerm. )
- Neotatea longifolia (Gleason) Maguire (Syn .: Bonnetia longifolia Gleason )
- Neotatea neblinae Maguire
literature
- PF Stevens: Clusiaceae-Guttiferae . In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants , Volume IX: Flowering plants: Eudicots; Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales pp, Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales pp, Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae , Springer Verlag8 , 2007, ISBN 97-3-540- 32214-6 . P. 57.