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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Tecomanthe Baill.

TECOMANTHE Baill., 1888

Infls short, axillary, mostly on old wood above lf-scars. Calyx campanulate to suburceolate, ± lobed; corolla-tube ± funnelform with large unequal lobes. Fifth stamen us. rudimentary. Ovary cylindric, flattened or subquadrangular, 2-locular, each loculus with 2 placentae. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent with 2 coriac. boat-shaped valves. Seeds winged. Woody lianes with 1-5-jugate glab. lvs. Some 20 spp. mainly of New Guinea. The N.Z. sp. endemic.

Van Steenis (Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenz. Sér. 3, 10, 1928, 206) discusses the genus and its relationships.

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