Passifloraceae
Tricliceras

Tricliceras glanduliferum (Klotzsch) R.Fern.

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2.A, 49: 18 (1975)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Congo, S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Turneraceae, R. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Annual, erect herb up to 40 cm. high.
Morphology Stem
Stem branched to simple with a double indumentum of soft, whitish, shining hairs and of more or less dense, yellowish, spreading, up to 1 mm. long setae with swollen, blackish base.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 2·5–11·5 × 1–3 cm., ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, attenuate towards the acute apex, cuneate at the base, more or less incised-serrate to subpinnatifid, the teeth or segments again serrate, the main ones with a terminal seta (rarely the lower leaves very small, 0·6–1·1 × 0·3–0·55 cm., oblong-ovate, obtuse, entire), membranous, darkening on drying, densely hairy on both faces, more so on the nerves, the midrib also setose towards the base; petiole up to 1 cm. long, hairy like the stem.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers 2–5(7) per raceme, heterostylous or homostylous; peduncles 2–10 cm. long; pedicels 3–6 mm. long, not deflexed in fruit; peduncles and pedicels hairy like the stem.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 10–15·5 mm., patently hairy and with weak setae; lobes 2·5–5 mm. long, oblong, subobtuse.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals up to 23 × 12·5 mm., obovate-cuneate, yellow to orange.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Filaments of the longest stamens (7)9–13 mm. long, those of the shorter ones 5·5–10 mm. long; anthers c. 2·3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 3·5–5 mm. long, hairy; styles 10 mm. long and subequalling the longest stamens in the longistylous flowers or 3 mm. long and shorter than the shortest stamens in the brevistylous flowers.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule 3–6 cm. long, erect on straight pedicels, shortly and patently hairy; beak up to 6 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds 3–4 × 1 mm.
[FZ]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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