Scaphopetalum blackii is a flowering plant species of the genus
ScaphopetalumScaphopetalum is a genus previously classified under the plant family Sterculiaceae. Currently, under the APG II system the genus is placed under the subfamily Byttnerioideae of the family Malvaceae senso lato. The distribution of the genus is restricted to the rain forests of Africa...
of the plant family
MalvaceaeMalvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
described by
Maxwell T. MastersMaxwell Tylden Masters was an English botanist and taxonomist. He was educated at King's College London and the University of St Andrews...
in 1867.
Prologue
Foliis breviter petiolatis, oblongis, accuminatis; floribus fasciculatis, pedicellis brevibus, calyce clauso, subcoriaceo, demum bivalvi, valvis cymbiformibus; petalis cucullatis, obtusis, nervoso-stricatis, plicatis sulcatisque; tubo stamineo 5-angulari, infundibuliformi. Frutex 4-5 pedalis. Ramuli virgati, puberuli. Petioli 3-4 lin. longi. Stipulae subulato-lanceolatae, nervoso-striatae, petiolos aequantes. Folia 5-8 poll. longa, 2-4 poll. lata, oblonga, integra, acuminata, glabra, subcoriacea, venatione reticulata. Pedicelli brevis (4-5 lin.), fasciculati, erecti, e ramis nascentes. Bracteolae minutae, subulatae. Alabastra subglobosa. Calyx subcoriaceus, purpureus, clausus, demum irregulariter rumpens, bivalvis, valvis cymbiformibus, patentibus, intus pilis parvis appressis munitus. Petala calceiforma, obtusa, cucullata, 5-striata, plicata, sulcata, glabra, sepalis paullo breviora. Tubus stamineus petaliodeus, infundibuliformis, 5-angularis, apice 10-lobatus; lobis sterilibus 5, reflexis; lobis fertilibus totidem, antheras biloculares tres, in petalorum cucullis reconditas, gerentibus. Ovarium oblongum, 5-lobum, 5-loculare, tubo stamineo dimidio brevius. Stylus inclusus, stigma obsure 5-lobum. Ovula in quovis loculo 00, amphitropa, placentae axili biseriatim acffixa. Fructus -
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