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Amalophyllon macrophyllum (Wiehler) J.K.Boggan et al.

Collection: Fajardo-G., F. - 4015

Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Tracheophyta
Superclass	Angiospermae
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Lamiales
Family	Gesneriaceae
Genus	Amalophyllon
Species	macrophyllum
Species author	(Wiehler) J.K.Boggan et al.
Scientific name	Amalophyllon macrophyllum (Wiehler) J.K.Boggan et al.

Phenology	Floración
Plant description	Locally cammon herb, 15-25 cm diameter, prostrate & roserre-forming. Leaves have a bronze, brownish green colourarion adaxially and are a dark carmine a red abaxially. Flowers are bourne singly. Corolla are fused, white, ~10-12 mm in diameter, with 5 lobes, the depth of the floral tube is ~1-2 mm. The upper 2 lobes are smaller than the lower 3. There is a single style, 4 fertile stamens and 1 staminode. The deep yellow anthers of the 4 fertile stamens are clustered around the style and very striking when observing the flower. The veination of the corolla turns a dark pink as the flower ages. Entire plant, except corolla, is covered in long, simple, glandulous trichomes, making the plant very sticky
Locality and habit remarks	Under overhang of the Temple of time cave, 400 upstream from the hostel

Herbario JBB en línea - Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis. 2024-11-22

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Modified: 2022-02-18 01:00:21

GUID: 46739459-728a-4437-b9c8-18fd18b3e862

Herbarium stamp	23181
Preparations	Excicado - 1; Tejido (Sílica Gel) - 1; Fotografía - 1: JBB24601
Determiner	Fajardo, F.
Determination date	2018-12

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