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Plants 0.02-0.5(-2) m tall; stems slender or rarely somewhat robust, herbaceous or rarely subshrubby toward base or throughout; flowers commonly entomophilous; corolla 1-20(-46) mm, commonly bilabiate or sub-bilabiate (if unilabiate then no more than 15 mm), lobes dimorphic or monomorphic; seed coat striate or reticulate |
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Plants (0.2-)1-9 m tall; stems robust and sometimes pachycaul, herbaceous, subshrubby, or woody; flowers often ornithophilous; corolla unilabiate or sub-bilabiate, rarely bilabiate, (12-)20-60(-103) mm, lobes monomorphic; seed coat reticulate or striate-reticulate, less often striate |
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Plants low, stems commonly prostrate and seldom over 40 cm tall; corolla various shades of blue, purple, pink, or white, sub-bilabiate or unilabiate, lobes monomorphic; anther tube with a single elongate bristle or awn at apex of each ventral anther (sometimes also bearded with tufts of shorter filiform hairs, very rarely nude); seed coat commonly reticulate (1. L. sect. Hypsela) |
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Plants taller, stems erect, ascending, or decumbent, commonly over 40 cm (sometimes as much as 2 m) tall; corolla distinctly bilabiate, lobes dimorphic, dorsal pair much smaller and narrower than ventral 3 (that commonly form a trifid lip); anther tube bearded with tufts of filiform hairs at apex of at least ventral pair (rarely all nude); seed coat striate |
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Leaves ovate or broadly ovate, commonly petiolate; corolla sub-bilabiate; fruit a berry. |
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1 L. nummularia |
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Leaves elliptic-lanceolate to linear; corolla unilabiate; fruit a capsule. |
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2 L. chinensis |
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4 (2) |
Pedicels typically bibracteolate at base; corolla tube commonly fenestrate laterally; seeds terete or irregularly angular (2. L. sect. Stenotium) |
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Pedicels typically bibracteolate at or below middle; corolla tube almost always entire laterally; seeds trigonous or compressed (3. L. sect. Delostemon) |
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5 (4) |
Stems winged; leaves adaxially sparsely puberulent; corolla small, only 3-5 mm. |
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3 L. heyneana |
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Stems terete or angular, not winged; leaves glabrous or villous; corolla larger or also small. |
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4 L. hainanensis |
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Stems prostrate, rooted at nodes; leaves 1-4 × 0.8-3 cm; petiole 3-12 mm. |
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5 L. zeylanica |
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Stems erect, not rooted or rooted only at basal nodes; leaves smaller, subsessile |
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7 (6) |
Stems and leaves glabrous; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. |
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6 L. alsinoides |
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Stems and leaves villous; bracteoles absent or minute. |
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7 L. terminalis |
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Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils (rarely supplemented by a terminal raceme); corolla tube straight or nearly so; fruit a berry; seeds cuboidal or quadrate, subterete to slightly compressed (5. L. sect. Speirema) |
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Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles; corolla tube curved or arcuate; fruit a capsule; seeds ovoid, lenticular (4. L. sect. Rhynchopetalum) |
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Plants rhizomatous; corolla 12-18 mm, tube 3-6 mm; filament tube 6.5-8 mm; anther tube cream-colored, dorsal anthers 6-8 mm, slightly shorter to slightly longer than filament tube. |
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23 L. deleiensis |
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Plants lacking rhizomes; corolla (15-)18-26 mm, tube 6-13 mm; filament tube 8.5-12 mm; anther tube gray, dorsal anthers 4.8-7 mm, 2/5-3/4 as long as filament tube |
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10 (9) |
Stems sparsely to densely puberulent toward apex; leaves sessile; uppermost 10-25 flowers often subtended by bracts only 1/10-1/4 as long as foliage leaves, thus forming a terminal raceme; pedicels densely puberulent; hypanthium pubescent along veins; calyx lobes narrowly triangular or triangular, 1.5-1.9 mm wide, erect; corolla greenish with purple spots on lip; anther tube 1.4-1.8 mm in diam., glabrous; trichomes at apex of ventral anthers 0.5-1 mm. |
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21 L. fangiana |
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Stems glabrous (rarely sparsely scabrous); leaves petiolate; all flowers subtended by unreduced foliage leaves; pedicels glabrous; hypanthium glabrous; calyx lobes linear or linear-triangular, 0.5-1.4 mm wide, ascending, spreading, or recurved; corolla dark violet or purple to bluish lilac, lip often paler, or striped or blotched with white; anther tube 2-2.8 mm in diam., dorsal surface sparsely shortly pubescent at least toward apex; trichomes at apex of ventral anthers 1.2-2 mm. |
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22 L. montana |
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Leaves truncate, rounded, or obtuse at base; pedicels ebracteolate; calyx lobe margins revolute. |
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20 L. sessilifolia |
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Leaves cuneate or attenuate at base; pedicels commonly bibracteolate; calyx lobe margins flat |
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12 (11) |
Stems densely pubescent |
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Stems glabrous or sparsely pubescent |
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13 (12) |
Stems tomentose; leaves hispidulous; pedicels 5-12 mm, densely pannose; hypanthium densely pannose; corolla white or faintly tinged with blue or pink. |
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13 L. clavata |
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Stems hispidulous or scaberulose; leaves glabrous adaxially and sometimes abaxially; pedicels 3-5 mm, hispidulous; hypanthium scaberulose; corolla purple-red or red-purple |
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Capsule 6-10 × 6-8 mm; raceme 10-25 cm, densely flowered. |
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19 L. erectiuscula |
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Capsule 4-6 × 4-5 mm; raceme 20-50 cm, laxly flowered. |
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18 L. davidii |
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Corolla 11-20 mm |
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Corolla 20-35 mm |
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16 (15) |
Leaves rounded and mucronate at apex; corolla glabrous. |
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16 L. colorata |
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Leaves acuminate (sometimes acute or obtuse) at apex; corolla pubescent at least internally |
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Leaves 12-31 cm, attenuate at base; corolla white, sometimes suffused with pale blue or pink; anther tube densely white hirsute in sutures; flowering Jan-May. |
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10 L. pyramidalis |
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Leaves 6-12(-15) cm, cuneate at base; corolla purple-red, reddish, or blue-purple; anther tube sparingly pubescent on back; flowering Aug-Oct |
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18 (17) |
Stems and leaves glabrous; pedicels 3-5 mm; calyx lobes 13-21 × < 1 mm, entire. |
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8 L. melliana |
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Stems sparsely pubescent; leaves densely white hirsute; pedicels 5-13 mm; calyx lobes 6-14 × 1-1.5 mm, denticulate. |
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9 L. pleotricha |
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19 (15) |
Bracteoles leaflike, denticulate, 6-12 × 1-2 mm, at summit of pedicel. |
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15 L. foliiformis |
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Bracteoles subulate, entire, 1-2 × ca. 0.2 mm, near middle of pedicel |
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20 (19) |
Leaves 3.5-7 cm, obtuse or acute at apex. |
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17 L. taliensis |
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Leaves (6-)10-35 cm, acuminate at apex |
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Raceme lax; hypanthium hemispheric. |
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14 L. iteophylla |
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Raceme dense; hypanthium campanulate, oblong, or obconic |
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22 (21) |
Leaves glabrous abaxially; hypanthium glabrous; calyx lobes entire. |
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11 L. seguinii |
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Leaves sparsely hispidulous abaxially; hypanthium scaberulose; calyx lobes denticulate. |
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12 L. doniana |
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