 J.Bisse, 20/43 |
Species
Rajania prestoniensis R.KnuthOriginal Distribution
Cuba, HolguinExtinction Data
Earth Witness community - Extinct
Description
Herbs twining or woody vines, rarely erect, small herbs. Rootstock rhizomatous or tuberous. Stem twining to left or right, pubescent or glabrous, sometimes prickly. Leaves alternate or opposite, petiolate, simple or palmately compound, basal veins 3--13, interstitial veins reticulate; leaflets of palmately compound leaves often ovate or lanceolate. Flowers usually unisexual (when plants dioecious, rarely monoecious), sometimes bisexual, solitary, clustered, or in cymules, these in a spike, raceme, or thyrse, these sometimes grouped into panicles. Male flowers: perianth lobes 6, in 2 whorls, basally connate or free; stamens 6, sometimes 3 reduced to staminodes or absent, inserted on perianth or receptacle; ovary rudimentary or absent. Female flowers: similar to male ones; staminodes 3, 6, or absent; ovary inferior, 3-loculed, ovules usually 2 per locule (more than 2 in a few small genera), placentation axile; styles 3, free
Number of Specimens at Kew
1
Seed Data
Fruit a capsule, berry, or samara. Seeds with a membranous wing or not; endosperm present; embryo small.Specimen Type (Y/N)
N
Kew Herbcat Barcode Number
K000518073
Collector
J.Bisse
Collector Number
20/43
Date Collected
21st August 1971