Sabicea amomii
Sabicea amomii is a species of woodvine in the family Rubiaceae, which is native to Cameroon.[1] There are no synonyms.[1]
| Sabicea amomii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Sabicea |
| Species: | S. amomii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabicea amomii | |
Description
Wernham describes the vine as being close to S. venosa, but differing in its leaf-venation, its inflorescence and its longer calyx lobes. It has leaves which are about 8 cm by 4 cm, on stalks from 1 cm to more than 3 cm long. The stipules are about 5 mm long and 4 mm wide at the base. The peduncles are about 6 mm and the bracts 5 mm by 1.2 mm, with flowers on pedicels nearly 3 mm long. The calyx lobes are up to 5 mm long, and the ovary is slightly greater than 1 mm in depth. The corolla is about 1 cm long.[2]
The type specimen, BM000820046 (collected by George Latimer Bates at Bitye in the Yaoundé district), is annotated as having been found climbing in Amomum-thicket by a stream within a forest (thereby giving rise to the species epithet, amomii) and having a dark-greenish-purple corolla.[2][3]
References
- "Sabicea amomii Wernham | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- Wernham, H.F. (1919). "Rubiaceae Batesianae I: Sabicea Amomii". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. London. 57: 277.
- BM000820046