Biology:Vulcanoa
Vulcanoa is a monospecific genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family that contains only the species Vulcanoa steyermarkii. It is a liana native to Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas.[1]
Description
Vulcanoa steyermarkii is a woody vine with trichomes that lack glands and face backwards. The leaves of the plant are placed opposite each other on the stems. The blades are a narrow oval shape which taper to a point, and are covered in rust-colored hairs. The flower clusters are cymes with few flowers,[2] and the flowers have bell-shaped corollas and concave coronas that are covered in fine hairs.[3] The fruits are spindle-shaped and shaggy with dense prickles.[2]
Taxonomy and etymology
The genus Vulcanoa was first described by Venezuelan botanist Gilberto Morillo in 2015.[1] The name derives from the Greek fire god Vulcan, in reference to the habitat of Vulcanoa steyermarkii on volcanic mountains.[2] It was created by splitting a single species, Matelea steyermarkii, from the genus Matelea.[4] The new genus was then placed in the subtribe Gonolobinae.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vulcanoa Morillo" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77206457-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Morillo, Gilberto (2015). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Gonolobinae (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) Part III" (in es). Pittieria 39: 253–254.
- ↑ McDonnell, Angela; Parks, Margaret; Fishbein, Mark (2018). "Multilocus Phylogenetics of New World Milkweed Vines (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Gonolobinae)". Systematic Botany 43 (1): 80. doi:10.1600/036364418X697021. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/44821523.pdf.
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