Pinochia monteverdensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Pinochia |
Species: | P. monteverdensis
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Binomial name | |
Pinochia monteverdensis (J.F. Morales) M.E. Endress & B.F. Hansen
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Synonyms | |
Forsteronia monteverdensis J.F. Morales |
Pinochia monteverdensis is a plant species native to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Oaxaca.[1]
Pinochia monteverdensis is a liana climbing over other vegetation. Leaves are elliptic or oblanceolate, up to 13 cm long and 4 cm wide, tapering to a point at the tip. Calyx lobes are tapering, up to 2 mm long, with hairs. Corolla white, up to 4 mm long, the tube hairless but the lobes hairy. Follicle non-hairy, up to 20 cm long.[2][3][4]