All Floras      Advanced Search
FOC Vol. 18 Page 220 Login | eFloras Home | Help
FOC | Family List | FOC Vol. 18 | Bignoniaceae

10. Incarvillea Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 138. 1789.

角蒿属 jiao hao shu

Incarvillea mairei
Image File

Amphicome Royle, Neidzwedzkia B. Fedtschenko.

Herbs erect or prostrate, annual or perennial, with stems or stemless. Leaves simple or 1-3-pinnately divided. Inflorescences racemose, terminal. Calyx campanulate, teeth 5, triangular, rarely enlarged into glands at base. Corolla red or yellow, funnelform, bilabiate; lobes rounded, spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; anthers divergent, glabrous, spurred at base. Disc annular. Ovary sessile, 2-locular; ovules numerous, 1- or 2-rowed on each placenta. Stigma compressed, flabellate, 2-lobed. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally, long terete, erect or curved, acuminate, sometimes 4-6-angular. Seeds minute, compressed, laterally with or surrounded by transparent and membranous wings or filiform hairs.

About 16 species: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; 12 species in China.


1 Leaves simple, margin crenate   5 Incarvillea forrestii
+ Leaves pinnately divided or compound, margin entire or serrate.   (2)
       
2 (1) Leaves 2- or 3-pinnately divided.   (3)
+ Leaves 1-pinnately compound or divided.   (4)
       
3 (2) Plants with stems; leaves alternate; pedicel 1-5 mm; calyx ca. 5 mm, teeth subulate, base enlarged into glands   1 Incarvillea sinensis
+ Plants stemless; leaves basal; pedicel 5-15 mm; calyx 10-15 mm, teeth triangular, base not enlarged into glands   2 Incarvillea dissectifoliola
       
4 (2) Plants 1-2 m tall, with a distinct stem.   (5)
+ Plants 0.1-0.4 m tall, stemless or short stemmed.   (8)
       
5 (4) Calyx teeth subulate; capsule leathery, terete; anthers pubescent; seeds filiform pubescent at both ends; bracts ca. 3 mm   4 Incarvillea arguta
+ Calyx teeth triangular-lanceolate or semirounded; capsule subwoody, ± angled; anthers glabrous; seeds winged; bracts (5-)10-25 mm.   (6)
       
6 (5) Plants pale brown pubescent; flowers yellow; leaves divided   8 Incarvillea lutea
+ Plants glabrous; flowers red or rose; leaves compound.   (7)
       
7 (6) Calyx teeth semirounded or truncate, mucronate; lateral leaflets 3-4 cm wide   6 Incarvillea altissima
+ Calyx teeth broadly triangular, acute; lateral leaflets ca. 2 cm wide   7 Incarvillea beresowskii
       
8 (4) Leaves pinnately lobed, margin irregularly lobed or parted; calyx teeth subulate, base enlarged into glands   3 Incarvillea potaninii
+ Leaves usually pinnately compound, margin entire or serrate; calyx teeth triangular or long ovate, base not enlarged into glands.   (9)
       
9 (8) Leaflets entire; plants short stemmed   12 Incarvillea compacta
+ Leaflets serrate; plants stemless.   (10)
       
10 (9) Leaflets scabrous; plants 10-20 cm tall   11 Incarvillea younghusbandii
+ Leaflets glabrous; plants 20-40 cm tall.   (11)
       
11 (10) Lateral leaflets 4-11 pairs, long elliptic-lanceolate; base obtuse to subrounded; corolla ca. 6.5 cm; style ca. 3 cm   9 Incarvillea delavayi
+ Lateral leaflets 2-4(-8) pairs, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, base cordate or broadly cuneate; corolla 7-10 cm; style 5-7 cm   10 Incarvillea mairei

  • List of lower taxa


     

    Related Objects  
  • PDF File
  • PDF

    Photos by The Biodiversity of the Hengduan Mountains Project  
  • Image File (David E. Boufford)
  • Image/JPEG
  • Image File (David E. Boufford)
  • Image/JPEG
  • Image File (David E. Boufford)
  • Image/JPEG
  • Image File (David E. Boufford)
  • Image/JPEG
  • Image File (David E. Boufford)
  • Image/JPEG

  • Flora of China @ efloras.org
    Browse by
    Volume
    Family
    Genera
    Advanced Search


    Flora of China Home


    Checklist

     

     

     |  eFlora Home |  People Search  |  Help  |  ActKey  |  Hu Cards  |  Glossary  |