Gelsemiaceae
Mostuea

Mostuea brunonis Didr.

First published in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1853: 87 (1853)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is a scrambling subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Loganiaceae, C. F. A. Onochie & A. J. M. Leeuwenberg. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Extremely variable shrub, 1-23 ft. high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals ovate to ovate-linear
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla mostly white with a yellow base.
[FWTA]

Loganiaceae, A. J. M. Leeuwenberg. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983

Morphology General Habit
Shrub, undershrub, or occasionally liana, 0·30–7 m. high, usually much branched.
Morphology Stem
Stems erect or overhanging, with spreading branches.
Morphology Twigs
Twigs near the apex variously hairy or glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf blade dull when dry, extremely variable in shape and size, 1·2–6 x as long as wide, variously hairy or glabrous, beneath often with domatia in the angles of some secondary veins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Peduncle, branches, and pedicels short or long, densely appressed–pubescent to glabrous, sometimes slightly strigillose, all more or less independently variable.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts very small, triangular, approximately sepal–like.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals connate at the base up to half their length, equal or unequal, ovate, ovate–lanceolate, or ovate–linear (the first two forms and the last two usually together in a single flower!), 1·5–6 x as long as wide, 1–4(5) x 0·3–1 mm., acute to subulate at the apex, hairy or glabrous outside, usually longer than the ovary.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens included or in long staminate Howers slightly exserted; filaments usually pubescent, those of short stamens often widened near the anther when young, inserted at about one–third from the base of the corolla tube; anthers 0·07–1·2 x 0·6–1 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary about 1·2–2 x as long as wide, 1–1·5 x 0·6–1·2 mm., glabrous or appressed–pubescent near the apex (varying independently from the indumentum and the shape of the sepals).
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule mostly medium to dark brown when dry, usually bilobed, glabrous or hairy, dull.
[FZ]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0