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Peduncle often fused with petiole; anthers fused by projections on connectives; plants annual |
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99 Chirita hamosa |
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Peduncle never fused with petiole; anthers fused along entire adaxial surface (anthers unknown in some species); plants perennial, rarely annual. |
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Calyx with a tube, 5-lobed, rarely 5-sect from near base. |
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Calyx without a tube, 5-sect from near base. |
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Plants stemless, or stems prostrate and rooting at nodes. |
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Plants stemmed, stems erect. |
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Calyx ca. 1.5 mm; corolla 0.9-1.5 cm |
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64 Chirita hedyotidea |
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Calyx 7-35 mm; corolla 1.7-7 cm. |
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| 5 (4) |
Petiole to 1.5 cm wide; apical internodes of rhizome to 2.2 cm |
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36 Chirita heterotricha |
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Petiole to 0.4 cm wide; apical internodes of rhizome inconspicuous, or plants not rhizomatous. |
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| 6 (5) |
Leaf blade lateral veins 4 or 5 on each side of midrib. |
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Leaf blade lateral veins 6-12 on each side of midrib. |
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| 7 (6) |
Calyx tube 5-10 mm; ovary sparsely glandular puberulent; leaf blade adaxially with hairs to 1.2 mm |
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83 Chirita monantha |
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Calyx tube 1-3 mm; ovary glabrous; leaf blade adaxially with hairs 1-6.5 mm. |
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| 8 (7) |
Peduncle ca. 4 cm; calyx ca. 2.3 cm, 5-lobed, lobes equal; leaf blade adaxially with hairs 1-3 mm, apex acute to obtuse; style sparsely glandular puberulent; flowers always solitary |
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82 Chirita briggsioides |
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Peduncle 3-8(-11) cm; calyx 1-1.7 cm, 2-lipped, adaxial lip 4-lobed, abaxial lip entire; leaf blade adaxially with hairs 3-6.5 mm, apex obtuse to rounded; style glabrous; flowers solitary or sometimes paired |
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84 Chirita dielsii |
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Calyx segments hollow and hornlike apically; petiole 4-5 cm; leaf blade base cuneate on 1 side, broadly cuneate to rounded on other; lateral veins 7-12 on each side of midrib; peduncle 3-5 cm |
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86 Chirita corniculata |
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Calyx segments not hollow and hornlike apically; petiole 1.8-40 cm; leaf blade base rounded to cordate or oblique, cuneate to cordate on 1 side, rounded to cordate on other; lateral veins 6-9 on each side of midrib; peduncle 3.5-25 cm. |
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| 10 (9) |
Calyx 0.9-1.5 cm, tube 1-7 mm; corolla 1.7-4.5 cm; bract 1 |
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87 Chirita lachenensis |
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Calyx 1.1-3 cm, tube 5-11 mm; corolla 4.4-7 cm; bracts 2 or rarely 1. |
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| 11 (10) |
Flowers always solitary; bract margins entire; calyx lobes slightly unequal |
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85 Chirita fruticola |
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Cymes 1-6-flowered; bract margins entire to dentate or serrulate; calyx lobes unequal. |
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| 12 (11) |
Petiole 1.8-17(-24) cm; peduncle rust-colored pubescent and villous; bracts narrowly ovate or oblong, 1-4 mm wide, rust-colored villous; corolla sparsely puberulent to sparsely pilose outside, tube narrowly funnelform; anthers densely puberulent; staminode 1 |
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89 Chirita speciosa |
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Petiole 13-40 cm; peduncle sparsely pubescent; bracts ovate or elliptic to suborbicular, 1-10 mm wide, sparsely pubescent; corolla glabrous outside, tube tubular; anthers glabrous; staminodes 3 |
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90 Chirita macrophylla |
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Petiole to 1.5 cm wide; apical internodes of rhizome to 2.2 cm |
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36 Chirita heterotricha |
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Petiole to 0.4 cm wide; rhizome usually without conspicuous internodes, or plants not rhizomatous (rarely rhizomes unknown). |
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| 14 (13) |
At least upper 2 pairs of stem leaves crowded at stem apex. |
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Stem leaves widely spaced. |
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| 15 (14) |
Stem leaves alternate, abaxially often purplish, especially along veins; stems rust-colored pilose |
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89 Chirita speciosa |
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Stem leaves opposite, abaxially green; stems white villous or glabrescent to glabrous. |
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| 16 (15) |
Flowers 1-10 in umbel-like fascicles in leaf axils, peduncle absent; bracts ca. 7, 6-15 mm; pedicel to 2.5 cm; calyx 1-1.4 cm, tube ca. 3 mm; anthers ca. 2 mm; ovary puberulent; stigma undivided |
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95 Chirita fasciculiflora |
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Flowers 1 or 2 per inflorescence, peduncle 1-6 cm; bracts 2, 0.5-1.7 mm; pedicel 3-5(-8.5) cm; calyx 2.4-3 cm, tube 13-19 mm; anthers ca. 4.5 mm; ovary glabrous; stigma 2-lobed |
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96 Chirita shuii |
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| 17 (14) |
Bracts connate, forming a funnelform involucre |
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94 Chirita infundibuliformis |
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Bracts free. |
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| 18 (17) |
Stem leaves alternate |
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97 Chirita pycnantha |
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Stem leaves opposite. |
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| 19 (18) |
Bracts ovate-orbicular to subreniform, at least slightly wider than long; calyx 2-lipped, adaxial lip 4-lobed, abaxial lip entire |
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98 Chirita puerensis |
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Bracts lanceolate to ovate or obovate or elliptic to suborbicular, longer than wide; calyx 5-lobed, lobes equal or unequal, but not 2-lipped. |
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| 20 (19) |
Petiole 13-40 cm; leaves basal and on stem |
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90 Chirita macrophylla |
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Petiole 0.2-7 cm; leaves all on stem. |
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| 21 (20) |
Leaf blade abaxially densely yellow glandular; lateral veins 8-13 on each side of midrib; anthers ca. 1.5 mm |
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88 Chirita oblongifolia |
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Leaf blade eglandular; lateral veins 5-10 on each side of midrib; anthers 2-4 mm. |
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| 22 (21) |
Plants perennial; calyx 2.5-3.5 cm, tube 1-1.5 cm, lobes 1-2 cm; capsule often at under 90° to peduncle |
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91 Chirita urticifolia |
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Plants annual; calyx 0.6-1.8 cm, tube 0.3-1.2 cm, lobes 0.4-1 cm; capsule always erect. |
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| 23 (22) |
Leaf blade not purple spotted; calyx lobes not hornlike, not spreading outward at apex; petiole 0.2-4(-7) cm |
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92 Chirita anachoreta |
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Leaf blade purple spotted abaxially; calyx lobes hornlike at apex, spreading; petiole 0.4-1.2(-2.8) cm |
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93 Chirita pumila |
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Leaf blade margin shallowly to deeply pinnately lobed. |
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Leaf blade margin not lobed. |
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| 25 (24) |
Leaf blade margin deeply dentate or pinnately compound, lateral lobe margin deeply crenate or serrate to entire; lateral veins 3-10 on each side of midrib; pedicel spreading and appressed villous; calyx margin denticulate; stigma emarginate |
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58 Chirita pinnata |
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Leaf blade margin simple, irregularly pinnately lobed or dentate to pinnately lobed basally or crenate; lateral veins 3-5 on each side of midrib; pedicel pubescent to pilose, sometimes glandular puberulent; calyx margin entire or 1- or 2(or 3)-denticulate; stigma 2-lobed. |
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| 26 (25) |
Leaf blade margin irregularly pinnately lobed; cymes 1-4-flowered; bracts oblong or ovate to obovate, 1.5-8(-10) mm wide; calyx segments 3-7 mm, margin 1- or 2(or 3)-denticulate; ovary ca. 1.4 cm; capsule at ca. 90° to peduncle, ca. 3-4 cm |
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57 Chirita pinnatifida |
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Leaf blade margin dentate to lobed basally or crenate; cymes 2-12-flowered; bracts lanceolate-linear, 0.6-1.2 mm wide; calyx segments 4-13 mm, margin entire; ovary 4-8 mm; capsule erect, 0.9-1.3 cm |
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41 Chirita juliae |
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| 27 (24) |
Leaf blade glabrous, margin finely spiny denticulate, lanceolate-linear, seldom falcate. |
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Leaf blade sparsely puberulent or strigose to densely pubescent, pilose, or villous, sometimes only along veins, margin entire to crenate, dentate, repand, serrate, undulate, denticulate, or rarely lobed, but not spiny denticulate; ovate, elliptic, reniform, narrowly elliptic, obovate, or oblong, seldom linear. |
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Cyme 2- or 3-flowered; bracts 3.0-3.5 cm; calyx 10-12 mm, segment apex attenuate; corolla 4.5-5 cm; staminodes 3 |
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65 Chirita wentsaii |
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Cyme 5-9-flowered; bracts 0.2-1.2 cm; calyx 1.5-5 mm, segment apex acute; corolla 1.3-2 cm; staminodes 2. |
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Bracts linear to lanceolate-linear, 9-12 mm; peduncle ca. 6 cm; pedicel 2-2.5 cm; calyx segments lanceolate-linear, 4-5 mm; corolla ca. 2 cm |
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66 Chirita ophiopogoides |
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Bracts narrowly triangular, 2-2.5 mm; peduncle ca. 20 cm; pedicel 0.15-0.6 cm; calyx segments triangular, ca. 1.5 mm; corolla ca. 1.3 cm |
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67 Chirita spinulosa |
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| 30 (27) |
Plants with a stem. |
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Plants stemless. |
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| 31 (30) |
Leaves alternate; anthers densely puberulent or woolly. |
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Leaves opposite; anthers glabrous. |
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| 32 (31) |
Capsule erect, 3-3.6 cm; cymes 1- or 2-flowered; corolla glabrous inside, adaxial lip exceeding abaxial lip; ovary ca. 18 mm; stigma emarginate; leaf blade 1.5-8.5 cm, base oblique, cuneate to cordate, not peltate |
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70 Chirita minutihamata |
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Capsule at ca. 90° to peduncle, 1.5-2 cm; cymes 2-11-flowered; corolla glandular puberulent basally inside adaxial lip, abaxial lip exceeding adaxial lip; ovary 7-9 mm; stigma 2-lobed; leaf blade 3-15 cm, base oblique, rounded to cordate on 1 side, cuneate on other, often slightly peltate |
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71 Chirita cyrtocarpa |
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Corolla glandular, puberulent, or glandular puberulent on yellow spot or on adaxial lip inside; petiole 0.5-11 cm; leaf blade 3-26 X 1.5-14 cm; cymes 2-28-flowered; peduncle 4.4-35 cm; bracts 0.9-25 mm; pedicel (0.3-)1.2-6 cm. |
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Corolla glabrous inside; petiole 0.2-3 cm; leaf blade 1-15 X 0.7-8.5 cm; cymes 1-5-flowered; peduncle 2.4-7 cm; bracts 2.6-7 mm; pedicel 0.7-1.8 cm. |
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Ovary 2-2.3 cm; rhizome internodes inconspicuous; peduncle 20-35 cm |
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10 Chirita flavimaculata |
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Ovary ca. 1.2 cm; rhizome internodes to 2.2 cm toward apex; peduncle 4.4-21 cm |
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36 Chirita heterotricha |
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Corolla white; leaf blade 1-6.6 X 0.9-3.5 cm, margin entire to repand or shallowly crenate; filaments glandular puberulent near apex; staminodes 2 |
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68 Chirita tibetica |
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Corolla purple to blue with yellow throat; leaf blade 1-15 X 0.7-8.5 cm, margin dentate; filaments glabrous; staminode 1 |
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69 Chirita forrestii |
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| 36 (30) |
Calyx segment margin denticulate or serrate, at least once near apex. |
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Calyx segment margin entire. |
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| 37 (36) |
Leaves leathery. |
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Leaves herbaceous or papery. |
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| 38 (37) |
Cymes 7-11-flowered; peduncle ca. 12 cm; bracts 1.3-2 cm; corolla ca. 2.7 cm; leaf blade to 10 cm |
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46 Chirita liboensis |
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Cymes 1-3-flowered; peduncle 5.5-8 cm; bracts 0.4-0.6 cm; corolla ca. 4.5 cm; leaf blade to 7 cm |
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48 Chirita subrhomboidea |
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| 39 (37) |
Corolla tube cylindric, 2-5 mm in diam. at mouth; filaments 1.6-5.5 mm. |
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Corolla tube thin funnelform to nearly tubular, 6-14 mm in diam. at mouth; filaments 8-14 mm. |
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| 40 (39) |
Bract 1; calyx ca. 2 mm; corolla ca. 1.2 cm; staminode 1; stigma not divided; petiole to 1 cm; leaf blade 1-2.2 X 0.5-0.9 cm, margin entire |
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63 Chirita speluncae |
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Bracts 2; calyx 4-6 mm; corolla 2.2-3.4 cm; staminodes 3; stigma 2-lobed or 2-parted; petiole to 3.4 cm; leaf blade 1.4-5.4 X 0.6-3 cm, margin repand to indistinctly denticulate. |
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| 41 (40) |
Flowers always solitary; peduncle ca. 1.2 cm; corolla 2.5-3.4 cm, inside glabrous; filaments ca. 5.5 mm |
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60 Chirita vestita |
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Flowers 1-6 per cyme; peduncle 2.4-4.5 cm; corolla ca. 2.2 cm, inside puberulent on limb; filaments ca. 3 mm |
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61 Chirita secundiflora |
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| 42 (39) |
Leaf blade 1.5-3.3 cm wide; cymes 1-3-flowered; corolla 2.3-2.7 cm; adaxial lip 3-3.5 mm. |
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Leaf blade 1.9-16.5 cm wide; cymes (1-)4-15-flowered; corolla 2.5-6.4 cm; adaxial lip 6-12 mm. |
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| 43 (42) |
Corolla purplish blue, inside with longitudinal lines of very short hairs on adaxial lip; petiole 0.7-1.1 cm; leaf blade 3-4.8 cm; calyx segments ca. 5 mm; filaments glandular puberulent; anthers purple strigose at apex |
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23 Chirita jiuwanshanica |
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Corolla flesh colored, inside pilose basally; petiole 2.5-3 cm; leaf blade 3-9 cm; calyx segments 7-7.5 mm; filaments glabrous; anthers glabrous |
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74 Chirita skogiana |
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| 44 (42) |
Corolla 2.5-3.4 cm; pistil ca. 2.1 cm; petiole 5-25 cm |
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77 Chirita macrodonta |
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Corolla 3.5-6.4 cm; pistil 2.7-3.2 cm; petiole 0.8-10 cm. |
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| 45 (44) |
Calyx 4-7 mm; corolla ca. 3.5 cm, inside sparsely pubescent basally; leaf blade 1.9-7 cm wide; cymes with up to 12 flowers |
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22 Chirita obtusidentata |
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Calyx 7-17 mm; corolla (3.5-)4-6.4 cm, inside puberulent just below adaxial lip on lines or spots; leaf blade 3.5-11 cm wide; cymes with up to 5 flowers. |
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| 46 (45) |
Peduncle to 28 cm; bract margin entire; pedicel 0.5-3.8 cm; calyx segments 0.7-1.1(-1.5) cm, apex acute to acuminate |
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29 Chirita fimbrisepala |
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Peduncle to 10 cm; bract margin crenulate; pedicel 0.1-0.5(-2) cm; calyx segments 1.2-1.7 cm, apex attenuate |
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30 Chirita verecunda |
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| 47 (36) |
Bracts 3. |
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Bracts 1 or 2. |
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| 48 (47) |
Corolla 4.5-6 cm, abaxial lip 2-3 cm; peduncle 8-31.5 cm |
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78 Chirita macrorhiza |
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Corolla 3-4 cm, abaxial lip 0.9-1.5 cm; peduncle 4-13.5 cm. |
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| 49 (48) |
Leaf blade lateral veins 2 or 3 on each side of midrib; cymes (3-)10-14-flowered; calyx 4-5 mm; corolla white, ca. 3 cm, abaxial lip ca. 0.9 cm 28. C. xinningensis |
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28 Chirita xinningensis |
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Leaf blade lateral veins 4 or 5 on each side of midrib; cymes up to 7-flowered; calyx 5-10 mm; corolla blue or purple, 3.5-4 cm, abaxial lip 1.4-1.5 cm. |
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| 50 (49) |
Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic to broadly obovate; cymes ca. 7-flowered; peduncle 8.5-9.8 cm; bracts 3-7.5 mm wide; calyx 7-10 mm; filaments ca. 13 mm, glandular puberulent near apex; staminodes 3 |
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27 Chirita tribracteata |
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Petiole to 1 cm; leaf blade ovate to orbicular-ovate; cymes ca. 2-flowered; peduncle 4-6 cm; bracts 1-2 mm wide; calyx 5-7 mm; filaments ca. 8 mm, glabrous; staminode 1 |
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42 Chirita cruciformis |
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Bract 1. |
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| 52 (51) |
Leaf blade margin entire; peduncle 1.1-2.2 cm, densely spreading villous; calyx ca. 2 mm; corolla ca. 1.2 cm, tube cylindric, mouth ca. 2 mm in diam.; filaments ca. 1.6 mm; staminode 1 |
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63 Chirita speluncae |
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Leaf blade margin repand-crenate, remotely denticulate or undulate-crenate; peduncle 5-7 cm, densely or spreading puberulent; calyx 4.8-5 mm; corolla 2.8-3 cm, tube narrowly funnelform or nearly campanulate, mouth 9-15 mm in diam.; filaments 9-10 mm; staminodes 2. |
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| 53 (52) |
Leaf blade membranous; petiole 0.3-2 cm; bract subulate, ca. 1.2 mm, apex acute; corolla tube narrowly funnelform; stigma undivided |
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7 Chirita tenuifolia |
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Leaf blade papery; petiole 1-9 cm; bract narrowly spathelike, navicular-ovate, 15-20 mm, apex long acuminate; corolla tube nearly campanulate; stigma 2-lobed |
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35 Chirita spadiciformis |
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Leaf blade leathery. |
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Leaf blade herbaceous or papery. |
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| 55 (54) |
Leaf blade margin crenate or repand, rarely subentire. |
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Leaf blade margin entire. |
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| 56 (55) |
Leaf blade to 3.2 cm; cymes 2-4-flowered |
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51 Chirita yungfuensis |
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Leaf blade 4-10 cm; cymes 5-11-flowered. |
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| 57 (56) |
Corolla 3.7-4.6 cm; peduncle villous; bracts linear-lanceolate, ca. 1 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate; calyx segments apex acuminate |
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44 Chirita sclerophylla |
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Corolla ca. 2.7 cm; peduncle puberulent; bracts narrowly ovate, 3.5-5 mm wide, apex obtuse; calyx segments apex obtuse |
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46 Chirita liboensis |
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| 58 (55) |
Leaf blade to 4 cm, apex obtuse to rounded; cymes 1- or 2-flowered. |
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Leaf blade 2.5-16 cm, apex acute to acuminate or attenuate, rarely rounded; cymes (1 or)2-15-flowered. |
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| 59 (58) |
Leaf base rounded; peduncle 5.3-5.6 cm; bracts 8-11 X ca. 4 mm; corolla ca. 2.7 cm, glabrous inside; anthers glabrous; stigma 2-lobed |
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50 Chirita parvifolia |
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Leaf base broadly cuneate; peduncle 9-12.5 cm; bracts 4-5 X 1.6-2 mm; corolla 3.4-4 cm, puberulent at least basally inside; anthers pubescent or villous; stigma undivided. |
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| 60 (59) |
Petiole 1-5 mm; calyx segments narrowly lanceolate-linear, 6.5-7 X 1-1.2(-1.5) mm; stigma ovate, ca. 0.8 mm |
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3 Chirita brachystigma |
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Petiole 6-14 mm; calyx segments lanceolate, ca. 5 X 1.5-2 mm; stigma ligulate-linear, ca. 6 mm |
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5 Chirita atropurpurea |
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| 61 (58) |
Petiole absent to 1 cm; leaf blade base attenuate; stigma obtrapeziform. |
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Petiole 1-5 cm; leaf blade base cuneate, rarely broadly cuneate; stigma cuneate or oblong (unknown in C. minutimaculata). |
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| 62 (61) |
Leaf blade 1-2.9 cm wide; bracts 4-20 mm; pedicel 0.7-4 cm; calyx 5-8 mm; corolla 3.4-4 cm |
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54 Chirita longgangensis |
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Leaf blade 0.4-0.8 cm wide; bracts 4-10 mm; pedicel 0.5-1.2 cm; calyx 3.2-4 mm; corolla ca. 2.4 cm |
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55 Chirita linearifolia |
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| 63 (61) |
Cymes 7-11-flowered; bract and calyx segment apex obtuse; leaf blade apex acute to rounded |
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46 Chirita liboensis |
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Cymes ca. 5-flowered; bract apex acute, calyx segment apex attenuate; leaf blade apex acute. |
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| 64 (63) |
Leaf blade not spotted; bracts 5-7 mm wide; calyx segments ca. 11 mm |
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20 Chirita pseudoeburnea |
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Leaf blade adaxially densely and minutely purple spotted; bracts 8-12 mm wide; calyx segments ca. 5.5 mm |
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21 Chirita minutimaculata |
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Bracts 3 mm or more wide. |
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Bracts less than 3 mm wide. |
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(92) |
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| 66 (65) |
Leaf blade with 3-6 palmate basal veins and 1-3 pinnate veins on each side of midrib distally. |
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(67) |
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Leaf blade with 3-7 pinnate lateral veins on each side of midrib. |
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(68) |
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| 67 (66) |
Leaf blade adaxially with dense, long and short hairs, abaxially puberulent, base cuneate; petiole to 9 cm; bracts 2-2.5 mm; corolla ca. 4.4 cm |
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31 Chirita langshanica |
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Leaf blade villous on both surfaces, base cordate; petiole to 25 cm; bracts 4-10 mm; corolla 2.5-3.4 cm |
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77 Chirita macrodonta |
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| 68 (66) |
Leaf blade 0.8-3.2 cm |
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17 Chirita lienxienensis |
| + |
Leaf blade (2-)3-26 cm. |
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(69) |
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| 69 (68) |
Calyx at least 10 mm. |
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(70) |
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Calyx less than 10 mm. |
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(75) |
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| 70 (69) |
Adaxial corolla lip 10-15 mm; leaf blade 2.2-9.5 X 1.4-6.5 cm; cymes 1-6-flowered. |
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(71) |
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Adaxial corolla lip 3-7 mm; leaf blade (3-)6-26 X (1.5-)4-16 cm; cymes 2-28-flowered. |
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(72) |
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| 71 (70) |
Petiole 0.2-2.8 cm; leaf surfaces appressed puberulent; peduncle 3-9 cm; corolla ca. 4 cm, abaxial lip ca. 1.3 cm; anthers glabrous; staminodes 2; stigma undivided |
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2 Chirita subulatisepala |
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Petiole 2.5-7.5 cm; leaf surfaces sparsely strigose; peduncle 8-31.5 cm; corolla 4.5-6 cm, abaxial lip 2-3 cm; anthers densely bearded abaxially; staminodes 3; stigma 2-lobed |
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78 Chirita macrorhiza |
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| 72 (70) |
Anthers villous abaxially; leaf blade 3-12 cm; lateral veins 3 or 4 on each side of midrib; peduncle 4-12 cm; staminodes 2 |
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24 Chirita polycephala |
| + |
Anthers glabrous; leaf blade 3-26 cm; lateral veins 4-7 on each side of midrib; peduncle 4.4-35 cm; staminodes (2 or)3. |
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(73) |
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| 73 (72) |
Pistil 2.9-3.2 cm, ovary 2-2.3 cm; leaf blade abaxially pubescent with veins pilose, base cuneate to broadly so |
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10 Chirita flavimaculata |
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Pistil 2-2.6 cm, ovary 1.2-1.6 cm; leaf blade abaxially sparsely pubescent or puberulent, base cuneate or broadly cuneate to attenuate and decurrent into petiole wings, seldom truncate-cordate. |
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(74) |
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| 74 (73) |
Leaf blade lateral veins inconspicuous; peduncle 4.4-21 cm; bracts 0.9-25 mm; pedicel puberulent to spreading pilose |
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36 Chirita heterotricha |
| + |
Leaf blade lateral veins conspicuous; peduncle 15-30 cm; bracts 10-13 mm; pedicel glandular puberulent |
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40 Chirita pteropoda |
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| 75 (69) |
Petiole (0.2-)7-18 mm wide. |
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(76) |
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Petiole to 6 mm wide. |
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(81) |
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| 76 (75) |
Corolla tube ca. 3 cm; bracts (8-)12-28 mm wide. |
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(77) |
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Corolla tube 1.3-2.8 cm; bracts less than 10 mm wide. |
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(78) |
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| 77 (76) |
Leaf blade margin entire; bract margin entire; pedicel to 2.3 cm; staminodes 2 |
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16 Chirita eburnea |
| + |
Leaf blade margin dentate or denticulate to serrate; bract margin denticulate; pedicel to 1.1 cm; staminodes 3 |
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19 Chirita lungzhouensis |
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| 78 (76) |
Apical internodes of rhizome to 2.2 cm; calyx 7-17 mm; leaf blade 3-23 cm, margin entire to indistinctly denticulate; pedicel to 6 cm |
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36 Chirita heterotricha |
| + |
Apical internodes of rhizome inconspicuous; calyx 4-7 mm; leaf blade 2-15 cm, margin undulate-dentate, crenulate, crenate, dentate, or repand; pedicel to 2.5 cm. |
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(79) |
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| 79 (78) |
Peduncle ca. 18 cm; bracts ca. 22 mm; corolla ca. 2.1 cm; anthers glabrous; pistil ca. 1 cm; stigma obovoid |
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13 Chirita latinervis |
| + |
Peduncle 7-13 cm; bracts 4-13(-18) mm; corolla 3.2-4 cm; anthers sparsely puberulent or bearded; pistil 2.6-2.8 cm; stigma cuneate. |
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(80) |
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| 80 (79) |
Leaf blade surfaces sparsely strigose; peduncle 9-13 cm; calyx segments 0.8-1 mm wide, apex acute |
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39 Chirita roseoalba |
| + |
Leaf blade surfaces sparsely puberulent; peduncle 7-9 cm; calyx segments 1.5-2.5 mm wide, apex obtuse |
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45 Chirita brachytricha |
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| 81 (75) |
Leaves sessile or petiole to 1.4 cm. |
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(82) |
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Petiole (0.2-)1-9(-19) cm. |
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(84) |
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| 82 (81) |
Rhizome internodes conspicuous, 0.4-2 cm; leaf blade base attenuate; anthers bearded; cymes 2-15-flowered |
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54 Chirita longgangensis |
| + |
Rhizome internodes inconspicuous; leaf blade base cuneate; anthers glabrous; cymes 4- or 5-flowered. |
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(83) |
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| 83 (82) |
Leaf blade margin shallowly crenate, apex obtuse to rounded; filaments glabrous; staminodes 3; stigma 2-lobed |
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26 Chirita depressa |
| + |
Leaf blade margin subentire to repand, apex acute; filaments glandular puberulent above middle; staminodes 2; stigma emarginate |
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80 Chirita atroglandulosa |
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| 84 (81) |
Bracts to 3 mm wide. |
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(85) |
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Bracts (4-)5-28 mm wide. |
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(87) |
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| 85 (84) |
Corolla 4.5-6 cm, adaxial lip 10-15 mm, abaxial lip 20-30 mm; peduncle 8-31.5 cm; calyx 6-11 mm; petiole 2.5-7.5 cm; leaf blade sparsely strigose |
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78 Chirita macrorhiza |
| + |
Corolla 2.2-3.5 cm, adaxial lip 3-3.5 mm, abaxial lip 5-11 mm; peduncle 7-8 cm; calyx 3-6 mm; petiole 1-3.5 cm; leaf blade sparsely to densely puberulent. |
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(86) |
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| 86 (85) |
Bracts ca. 5 mm, margin remotely crenulate, apex obtuse; calyx 3-3.5 mm; corolla glabrous outside, abaxial lip ca. 5 mm; anthers glabrous; staminodes 2 |
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14 Chirita orthandra |
| + |
Bracts 8-9 mm, margin entire, apex acute; calyx ca. 6 mm; corolla puberulent outside, abaxial lip ca. 11 mm; anthers bearded; staminodes 3 |
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25 Chirita leiophylla |
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| 87 (84) |
Adaxial corolla lip ca. 11 mm; stigma ligulate, undivided; leaf blade 2.2-6.5 cm; bracts strigose |
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2 Chirita subulatisepala |
| + |
Adaxial corolla lip 4-7 mm; stigma cuneate or obtrapeziform to oblong, 2-lobed; leaf blade 2.6-20 cm; bracts puberulent to villous. |
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(88) |
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| 88 (87) |
Staminodes 3; calyx densely puberulent and glandular puberulent inside |
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19 Chirita lungzhouensis |
| + |
Staminodes 2; calyx glabrous inside. |
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(89) |
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| 89 (88) |
Leaf blade adaxially puberulent only near margin, abaxial surface sparsely appressed puberulent, margin repand to entire; bracts 0.9-1.8 X 0.4-0.9 cm |
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47 Chirita glabrescens |
| + |
Leaf blade both surfaces puberulent, pubescent, and/or pilose, margin repand to crenate or denticulate, rarely dentate or serrate; bracts 0.6-4 X 0.4-2.7 cm. |
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(90) |
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| 90 (89) |
Leaf blade adaxially puberulent; staminodes ca. 0.8 mm; cymes 1-4-flowered; peduncle 4-8 cm; bracts 0.9-2.1 cm |
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15 Chirita sichuanensis |
| + |
Leaf blade adaxially appressed pubescent and pilose; staminodes 3-7 mm; cymes 1-12-flowered; peduncle 5-32 cm; bracts 0.6-4 cm. |
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(91) |
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| 91 (90) |
Leaf blade 2.6-10(-12) cm, abaxially appressed pilose; corolla tube narrowly funnelform; peduncle 5-20 cm; bracts elliptic to broadly ovate, 0.4-2.7 cm wide; pedicel 0.6-1 cm |
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18 Chirita lunglinensis |
| + |
Leaf blade 4-20 cm, abaxially appressed pubescent and pilose; corolla tube tubular to broadly funnelform, often gibbous abaxially; peduncle 12-32 cm; bracts ovate to lanceolate, 0.4-1.6 cm wide; pedicel 0.8-2.5 cm |
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56 Chirita sinensis |
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| 92 (65) |
Leaf blade base cordate, rarely truncate-cordate on both sides. |
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(93) |
| + |
Leaf blade base decurrent, attenuate, cuneate to broadly cuneate to rounded, rarely truncate, if cordate on 1 side then other side merely cuneate or rounded. |
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(96) |
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| 93 (92) |
Filaments sparsely puberulent; anthers glabrous; rhizome apical internodes to 2.2 cm; leaf blade sometimes oblique, narrowly elliptic to oblong, obovate or ovate, apex acute to obtuse; adaxial corolla lip 3-5 mm |
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36 Chirita heterotricha |
| + |
Filaments glabrous or sparsely glandular near apex; anthers glandular, villous, or densely bearded abaxially; rhizome internodes inconspicuous; leaf blade ovate to orbicular, oblate, or reniform, apex acute to rounded; adaxial corolla lip 5-7 mm. |
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(94) |
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| 94 (93) |
Leaf blade basally with 3-6 palmate veins, apically with 2 or 3 pinnate veins on each side of midrib, blade 4.5-15 X 5-16.5 cm; peduncle 8-23 cm; bract margin 3-5-glandular denticulate |
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77 Chirita macrodonta |
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Leaf blade veins all pinnate, 3-5 on each side of midrib, blade 1.6-6.8 X 1.6-6.8 cm; peduncle 3.5-13 cm; bract margin entire. |
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(95) |
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| 95 (94) |
Cymes 2-7-flowered; peduncle 4.5-13 cm; pedicel 1.7-7 cm; calyx 4-5 mm; corolla 2.3-2.7 cm; leaf blade adaxially appressed pilose (hairs to 5 mm); petiole 1-4.5 cm |
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49 Chirita rotundifolia |
| + |
Flowers solitary; peduncle ca. 3.5 cm; pedicel ca. 1 cm; calyx ca. 13 mm; corolla 4-4.5 cm; leaf blade adaxially puberulent; petiole 3-17.5 cm |
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52 Chirita cordifolia |
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| 96 (92) |
Calyx to 4 mm. |
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(97) |
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Calyx at least 4 mm. |
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(102) |
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| 97 (96) |
Cymes 2-11-flowered; peduncle 3.5-20 cm; leaf blade 3.5-20 cm. |
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(98) |
| + |
Cymes 1-3-flowered; peduncle 2.5-7 cm; leaf blade 1.5-4.2(-4.7) cm. |
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(100) |
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| 98 (97) |
Leaf blade 2-3.5 cm wide, abaxially velutinous, base cuneate; petiole 0.5-2.5 cm |
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12 Chirita medica |
| + |
Leaf blade 2.5-10 cm wide, abaxially appressed puberulent or densely puberulent and appressed pilose, base cuneate to rounded or cordate; petiole 0.5-11 cm. |
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(99) |
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| 99 (98) |
Pedicel 2.5-4 cm; stigma undivided; pistil ca. 1.1 cm; bracts ca. 3.5 mm |
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8 Chirita liguliformis |
| + |
Pedicel 0.3-1.6 cm; stigma 2-lobed; pistil 1.2-3.7 cm; bracts 3-9 mm |
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37 Chirita fordii |
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| 100 (97) |
Calyx pilose inside; corolla ca. 1.4 cm, mouth ca. 4 mm in diam., adaxial lip ca. 2 mm, abaxial lip ca. 5.5 mm; anthers glabrous |
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75 Chirita napoensis |
| + |
Calyx glabrous inside; corolla 3-3.5 cm, mouth ca. 1 cm in diam., adaxial lip 5-6 mm, abaxial lip ca. 1 cm; anthers puberulent or villous. |
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(101) |
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| 101 (100) |
Leaves ca. 8; bracts 1.2-2.2 mm; staminodes 3 |
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33 Chirita villosissima |
| + |
Leaves to 24; bracts 3-4 mm; staminodes 2 |
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72 Chirita wangiana |
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| 102 (96) |
Leaf blade (2-)6-24 cm. |
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(103) |
| + |
Leaf blade 0.8-8(-11) cm. |
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(124) |
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| 103 (102) |
Leaf blade to 3 cm wide, margin entire. |
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(104) |
| + |
Leaf blade (1.5-)3.5-17 cm wide, margin crenate, crenulate, dentate, denticulate, or serrate, often repand, seldom subentire to entire. |
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(105) |
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| 104 (103) |
Petiole 1.5-4 cm; leaf blade apex acute to obtuse; staminodes absent; rhizome internodes inconspicuous |
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53 Chirita bicolor |
| + |
Leaves sessile or petiole to 1 cm; leaf blade apex acute to acuminate; staminodes 3; rhizome internodes conspicuous, 0.4-2 cm |
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54 Chirita longgangensis |
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| 105 (103) |
Bracts over 9 mm. |
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(106) |
| + |
Bracts to 9 mm. |
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(114) |
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| 106 (105) |
Petiole to 3 cm; bract and calyx segment apex obtuse |
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45 Chirita brachytricha |
| + |
Petiole (0.5-)2-17 cm; bract apex acute to acuminate (unknown in C. depressa, sometimes obtuse in C. macrorhiza), calyx segment apex acute to acuminate or attenuate. |
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(107) |
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| 107 (106) |
Pistil ca. 1.4 cm; stigma ligulate, undivided; corolla tube ca. 1.7 cm |
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6 Chirita brassicoides |
| + |
Pistil 2-3.3 cm; stigma cuneate, oblong, trapezoid, obtrapeziform, or obovoid, 2-lobed or rarely undivided; corolla tube 2.2-3.3 cm. |
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(108) |
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| 108 (107) |
Leaf blade adaxially sparsely to densely strigose; anthers sparsely puberulent to densely bearded. |
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(109) |
| + |
Leaf blade adaxially sparsely to densely puberulent, sometimes also pilose; anthers glabrous. |
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(111) |
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| 109 (108) |
Bract strigose; peduncle 9-13 cm, puberulent; leaf blade base broadly cuneate, margin crenulate or remotely dentate |
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39 Chirita roseoalba |
| + |
Bract puberulent or pubescent; peduncle 8-31.5 cm, villous or pubescent; leaf blade base cuneate to rounded, margin crenate to subentire or repand. |
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(110) |
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| 110 (109) |
Corolla tube mouth 0.9-1.3 cm in diam., abaxial lip 1.2-2 cm; staminodes 2; stigma ca. 1.2 mm; cymes 5-10-flowered |
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44 Chirita sclerophylla |
| + |
Corolla tube mouth 1.5-2 cm in diam., abaxial lip 2-3 cm; staminodes 3; stigma ca. 3.5 mm; cymes 1-6-flowered |
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78 Chirita macrorhiza |
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| 111 (108) |
Leaf blade 3-24 cm; lateral veins 4 or 7 on each side of midrib; peduncle 4.4-30 cm. |
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(112) |
| + |
Leaf blade 6-15 cm; lateral veins 4 or 5 on each side of midrib; peduncle 4-11 cm. |
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(113) |
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| 112 (111) |
Peduncle 4.4-21 cm; apical rhizome internodes to 2.2 cm; petiole to 1.5 cm wide; bracts 0.9-25 mm |
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36 Chirita heterotricha |
| + |
Peduncle 15-30 cm; rhizome internodes inconspicuous; petiole to 3 cm wide; bracts 10-13 mm |
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40 Chirita pteropoda |
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|
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| 113 (111) |
Petiole ca. 8 mm; leaf blade abaxially velutinous; corolla ca. 3 cm; staminodes 3 |
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26 Chirita depressa |
| + |
Petiole 3-17 cm; leaf blade abaxially appressed puberulent; corolla 3.5-4.5 cm; staminodes 2 |
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41 Chirita juliae |
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|
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| 114 (105) |
Petiole to 3 cm. |
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(115) |
| + |
Petiole (0.5-)2-17 cm. |
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(116) |
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|
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| 115 (114) |
Leaf blade narrowly elliptic to oblong, densely appressed puberulent |
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38 Chirita carnosifolia |
| + |
Leaf blade broadly ovate to ovate, sparsely puberulent |
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45 Chirita brachytricha |
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|
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| 116 (114) |
Leaf blade sparsely strigose to strigose on both surfaces; abaxial corolla lip 1-3 cm. |
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(117) |
| + |
Leaf blade adaxially sparsely to densely puberulent and sometimes pilose, abaxially sparsely to densely puberulent and sometimes pilose, pubescent, or velutinous; abaxial corolla lip 0.6-1.5 cm. |
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(118) |
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| 117 (116) |
Corolla 2.4-4.2 cm, abaxial lip 1-2.2 cm; staminodes 2; pistil 1.5-1.7 cm; stigma undivided; bracts 2-6 mm |
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1 Chirita swinglei |
| + |
Corolla 4.5-6 cm, abaxial lip 2-3 cm; staminodes 3; pistil ca. 3.3 cm; stigma 2-lobed; bracts 5-16 mm |
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78 Chirita macrorhiza |
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| 118 (116) |
Staminode 1; anthers pilose; cymes ca. 2-flowered |
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42 Chirita cruciformis |
| + |
Staminodes 2 or 3; anthers glabrous or seldom puberulent; cymes 2-15-flowered. |
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(119) |
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| 119 (118) |
Petiole (0.5-)4-17 cm; bracts to 25 mm; calyx segments to 17 mm; corolla tube mouth 0.8-1.5 cm in diam. |
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(120) |
| + |
Petiole to 5.2 cm; bracts and calyx segments to 9 mm (bracts unknown in C. depressa); corolla tube mouth 0.4-0.8 cm in diam. |
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(121) |
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| 120 (119) |
Adaxial corolla lip 3-5 mm; anthers 2.2-3 mm; pistil 2-2.6 cm; petiole to 11 cm; leaf blade to 23 cm; bracts to 25 mm; pedicel (0.3-)1.5-6 cm; calyx 7-17 mm |
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36 Chirita heterotricha |
| + |
Adaxial corolla lip 7-8 mm; anthers 3.2-3.5 mm; pistil 3-3.2 cm; petiole to 17 cm; leaf blade to 15 cm; bracts to 13 mm; pedicel 0.1-1.5 cm; calyx 4-13 mm |
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41 Chirita juliae |
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| 121 (119) |
Staminodes 3; petiole ca. 0.8 cm; leaf blade abaxially velutinous |
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26 Chirita depressa |
| + |
Staminodes 2; petiole (0.5-)2-5.2 cm; leaf blade abaxially densely puberulent and sometimes appressed pilose. |
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(122) |
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| 122 (121) |
Stigma 2-lobed; corolla tube 1.5-2.6 cm; leaf blade lateral veins ca. 4 on each side of midrib; calyx 3.5-9 mm; peduncle spreading pubescent to pilose |
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37 Chirita fordii |
| + |
Stigma undivided; corolla tube ca. 1.2 cm; leaf blade lateral veins 5-7 on each side of midrib; calyx 4.5-4.8 mm; peduncle puberulent or glandular puberulent. |
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(123) |
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| 123 (122) |
Bracts 3-4 mm; pistil ca. 9.5 mm; calyx segment apex obtuse; cymes 3-7-flowered; leaf blade 6-9.6 cm |
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9 Chirita laxiflora |
| + |
Bracts 6-8 mm; pistil ca. 12.5 mm; calyx segment apex acute; cymes 8-15-flowered; leaf blade 8.5-14 cm |
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11 Chirita floribunda |
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| 124 (102) |
Leaf blade margin shallowly crenate to crenate to serrate, dentate, denticulate, or undulate, indistinctly undulate-denticulate. |
|
(125) |
| + |
Leaf blade margin entire, subentire, repand, repand-crenate, or repand-denticulate. |
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(135) |
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| 125 (124) |
Stigma undivided; pistil ca. 1 cm; corolla ca. 1.7 cm, glabrous inside |
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9 Chirita laxiflora |
| + |
Stigma 2-lobed, 2-parted, or emarginate; pistil (1.2-)1.5-3.7 cm; corolla 2.1-6 cm, puberulent inside basally, on adaxial lip, below stamens, near mouth, or on lobes. |
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(126) |
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| 126 (125) |
Leaf blade apex acute or acuminate, seldom obtuse. |
|
(127) |
| + |
Leaf blade apex obtuse to rounded. |
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(129) |
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| 127 (126) |
Stigma emarginate; filaments glabrous; leaf blade 2.8-4 X 1.6-2.4 cm; cymes 1- or 2-flowered; bract 2-5 mm |
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59 Chirita fangii |
| + |
Stigma 2-lobed; filaments sparsely puberulent or glandular puberulent at base and apex; leaf blade 2.5-11 X 1.5-7 cm; cymes 1-8-flowered; bract 3-16 mm. |
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(128) |
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| 128 (127) |
Corolla 2.1-3.9 cm, mouth 0.6-0.8 cm in diam., abaxial lip 7-9 mm; leaf blade puberulent and villous or pilose; peduncle 3.5-13 cm; staminodes 2 |
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37 Chirita fordii |
| + |
Corolla 4.5-6 cm, mouth 1.5-2 cm in diam., abaxial lip 20-30 mm; leaf blade sparsely strigose; peduncle 8-31.5 cm; staminodes 3 |
|
78 Chirita macrorhiza |
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|
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| 129 (126) |
Leaf blade abaxially velutinous; petiole ca. 0.8 cm |
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26 Chirita depressa |
| + |
Leaf blade abaxially puberulent, pubescent, pilose, or villous; petiole (0.5-)1-5(-6) cm. |
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(130) |
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| 130 (129) |
Staminodes 3; stigma 2-parted; abaxial corolla lip ca. 1.6 cm; petiole to 2.5 cm. |
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Staminodes 2; stigma 2-lobed; abaxial corolla lip 0.7-1.5 cm; petiole (0.5-)1-5(-6) cm. |
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| 131 (130) |
Bracts lanceolate-linear, ca. 7 X 1-1.2 mm, apex attenuate; staminodes ca. 5 mm |
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32 Chirita linglingensis |
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Bracts ovate-triangular, ca. 4 X 1.6-1.8 mm, apex obtuse; staminodes 7-14 mm |
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43 Chirita crassituba |
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| 132 (130) |
Leaf blade 0.8-3.2 X 0.8-2.8 cm; corolla ca. 2.7 cm |
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17 Chirita lienxienensis |
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Leaf blade 2-11 X 1-7 cm; corolla (2.1-)3-6 cm. |
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| 133 (132) |
Filaments glabrous; corolla 4-6 cm, mouth 1.2-2 cm in diam., adaxial lip 9-12 mm; bracts 2-14 mm; peduncle 1.5-6 cm |
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34 Chirita gueilinensis |
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Filaments sparsely puberulent at least near apex; corolla 2.1-3.9 cm, mouth 0.6-1 cm in diam., adaxial lip 3-7 mm; bracts 3-9 mm; peduncle 3-14 cm. |
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| 134 (133) |
Peduncle spreading pubescent to pilose; bracts and calyx pubescent to pilose outside; corolla tube nearly tubular, mouth 6-8 mm in diam., abaxial lip 7-9 mm; cymes 2-8-flowered |
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37 Chirita fordii |
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Peduncle villous and glandular pubescent; bracts and calyx villous outside; corolla tube funnelform, mouth ca. 1 cm in diam., abaxial lip ca. 12 mm; cymes 2- or 3-flowered |
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79 Chirita liujiangensis |
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| 135 (124) |
Peduncle 0.6-1.4 cm. |
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Peduncle 3-31.5 cm. |
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| 136 (135) |
Calyx 10-12 mm; bracts 4-6 mm; pedicel 7-11 mm; corolla ca. 4.5 cm, mouth ca. 1.4 cm in diam.; filaments ca. 11 mm; anthers woolly; pistil ca. 3.4 cm; stigma 2-lobed, adaxial lobe 2-lobed |
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73 Chirita shouchengensis |
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Calyx 4-6 mm; bracts 0.8-3 mm; pedicel 2-5.5 mm; corolla 2-3.4 cm, mouth 2-5 mm in diam.; filaments 4.5-5.5 mm; anthers glabrous; pistil 1.9-2.2 cm; stigma merely 2-lobed or 2-parted. |
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| 137 (136) |
Corolla 2.5-3.4 cm, abaxial lip ca. 13 mm; staminodes 3; stigma 2-lobed; flowers solitary; petiole 2-30 mm; leaf blade to 5.4 cm |
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60 Chirita vestita |
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Corolla 2-2.5 cm, abaxial lip 5-7.5 mm; staminodes 2; stigma 2-parted; cymes 1-3-flowered; petiole 3-9 mm; leaf blade to 3.2 cm |
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62 Chirita tenuituba |
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| 138 (135) |
Leaf blade sparsely strigose; corolla 4.5-6 cm, mouth 1.5-2 cm in diam., adaxial lip 10-15 mm, abaxial lip 20-30 mm; petiole to 7.5 cm; peduncle to 31.5 cm |
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78 Chirita macrorhiza |
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Leaf blade puberulent, pubescent, pilose, villous, and/or velutinous; corolla 2-4 cm, mouth 0.5-1 cm in diam., adaxial lip 3-8 mm, abaxial lip 4-15 mm; petiole to 5 cm; peduncle to 14 cm. |
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(139) |
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| 139 (138) |
Bracts 1.2-2.2 mm; staminodes absent or 3. |
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Bracts 3-13 mm; staminodes (1 or)2. |
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| 140 (139) |
Pedicel ca. 5 mm; bract apex obtuse; corolla mouth ca. 5 mm in diam.; filaments pilose basally, pubescent above; staminodes absent; stigma undivided |
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4 Chirita demissa |
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Pedicel 9-14 mm; bract apex acute; corolla mouth ca. 1 cm in diam.; filaments glabrous; staminodes 3; stigma 2-lobed |
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33 Chirita villosissima |
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| 141 (139) |
Staminode 1; anthers pilose; corolla abaxial lip ca. 15 mm; peduncle 4-6 cm |
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42 Chirita cruciformis |
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Staminodes 2; anthers glabrous to puberulent or villous; corolla abaxial lip 4-12 mm; peduncle 3-14 cm. |
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| 142 (141) |
Filaments 5-6 mm, glandular pilose; anthers villous; abaxial corolla lip 4-7 mm; leaf blade 2-5.5 cm |
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76 Chirita hochiensis |
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Filaments 7-13 mm, glabrous, sparsely puberulent at least near apex, or glandular puberulent above middle; anthers glabrous or puberulent; abaxial corolla lip 7-12 mm; leaf blade 2-11 cm. |
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| 143 (142) |
Leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or obovate, 1-7 cm wide. |
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Leaf blade narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, 0.8-2.8 cm wide. |
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| 144 (143) |
Corolla tube nearly tubular, mouth 6-8 mm in diam., adaxial lip 3-5.5 mm, abaxial lip ca. 7-9 mm; peduncle spreading pubescent to pilose; bracts and calyx pubescent to pilose outside |
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37 Chirita fordii |
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Corolla tube funnelform, mouth ca. 1 cm in diam., adaxial lip ca. 7 mm, abaxial lip ca. 12 mm; peduncle villous and glandular pubescent; bracts and calyx villous outside |
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79 Chirita liujiangensis |
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| 145 (143) |
Peduncle 12-13 cm; leaf blade base cuneate, margin subentire to repand; bracts ovate to narrowly ovate, 6.5-7 X 2.5-3 mm; pedicel 0.3-1.8 cm; calyx segments appressed puberulent inside; stigma emarginate |
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80 Chirita atroglandulosa |
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Peduncle 5-7.8 cm; leaf blade base attenuate, margin entire; bracts triangular-linear, 5-13 X ca. 1.5 mm; pedicel 2.7-5 cm; calyx segments glabrous inside; stigma 2-lobed |
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81 Chirita pungentisepala |
