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- Title
- <IT>Monophyllaea horsfieldii</IT> R.Br., Cultivated at the Botanical Garden Vien
- Author
- Anton Weber University of Vienna Institute of Botany Vienna Austria
- Keywords
- Epithematheae, Gesneriaceae, rbcL/atpB spacer, systematic position, trnL-F intron spacer
- Description
- BSA Plant Images Online - Monophyllaea horsfieldii R.Br., Cultivated at the Botanical Garden Vienna
- <IT>Monophyllaea horsfieldii</IT> R.Br., cultivated at the Botanical Garden Vienna (HBV), grown from seeds collected by Dr. Kwiton Jong at Batu Caves, Selangor, West Malaysia. The plant represents a giant seedling, with the stem corresponding to the hypocotyl and the single leaf to an enormously enlarged cotyledon. As flowers and fruits are produced in the seedling stage, <IT>Monophyllaea</IT> provides a perfect example of neoteny in the plant kingdom. The genus belongs to the morphologically and biogeographically noteworthy tribe Epithemateae of Gesneriaceae.
- Publisher
- Botanical Society of America
- Additional data
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- End User Role
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