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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Eccremocarpus Ruiz & Pav.

ECCREMOCARPUS Ruíz Lopez et Pavón

Evergreen or deciduous climbing subshrubs with angular stems. Lvs 2-3-pinnate, terminated by much-branched tendrils. Leaflets membranous, sometimes deciduous. Infl. racemose. Fls slightly zygomorphic. Calyx 5-toothed, persistent. Corolla tube cylindric at base, ventricose above; apex constricted; limb small and slightly 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Stamens 4, included. Disc annular. Ovary 1-locular with 2 parietal placentae, glabrous or glandular-scaly. Fr. a loculicidal capsule. Seed orbicular with a ± circular wing.

c. 4 spp., Andes. Naturalised sp. 1.

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