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ALT Hyptis sect. Eriosphaeria Benth. subsect. Gnideifoliae (Benth.) Epling: 3a.19 H. imbricata Pohl ex Benth.; subsect. Heterophyllae Epling: 3c.21 H. heterophylla Benth.; 3c.22 H. melittiflora Harley & J.F.B.Pastore; subsect. Induratae (Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore: 3d.25 H. proteoides A.St.-Hil. ex Benth. and 3d.32 H. rotundifolia Benth. PHOTOS: 3a.19, 3c.21, 3c.22, 3d.25 R. HARLEY; 3d.32 P. OLOF RYDING.
ALT Spiranthera chocoensis. A flowering branchlets; B floral bud; C free petals and one stamen; D stamens; E filament, glabrous base; F anthers, sparsely puberulous; G floral bud, showing androecium, disc and gynoecium, three stamens removed; H post-anthetic flower, disc and gynoecium; J, K mericarps, showing variation in shape; L seed. A – F & H – J from Rentería 2779 (holotype JAUM); G from Ramos 14 (CHOCO); J – K from Ramos 11 (CHOCO). PHOTOS BY Y. LONDOÑO-ECH.
ALT Barleria subg. Barleria. A sect. Madagasikara: B. humilis, Madagascar (PHOTO: M. THULIN). B sect. Chrysothrix: B. oenotheroides, Sierra Leone (PHOTO: X. VAN DER BURGT). C sect. Monticola: B. monticola, South Africa (PHOTO: W. FRONEMAN). D sect. Mauritianae: B. observatrix, Mauritius (PHOTO: E. MILNER; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181765357). E – H sect. Innocuae: E B. strigosa, India (PHOTO: A. MISHRA; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190802331); F B. courtallica, India (PHOTO: S. SAHADEV; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194366823); G B. phillyreifolia, Madagascar (PHOTO: L. RAJAOVELONA); H B. whytei, Kenya (PHOTO: S. A. ROBERTSON). J – L sect. Fissimura: J B. usambarica, Tanzania (PHOTO: I. DARBYSHIRE); K B. ventricosa, Zimbabwe (PHOTO: B. WURSTEN); L B. robertsoniae, Kenya (PHOTO: Q. LUKE). M sect. Suffruticosae: B. ovata, South Africa (PHOTO: W. FRONEMAN).
ALT Polylepis sucrense. A flowering branch; B leaves, showing adaxial and abaxial surfaces; B1 leaflet margin; B2 leaflet apex; B3 leaflet, abaxial surface; B4 insertion point of leaflets and rachis; B5 – B6 petiole-stipule junction, indumentum, outer and inner views; C inflorescence; D flower, longitudinal section; E calyx, adaxial surface; F sepal, abaxial view; G stigma and style; H stamen; J fruit. K seed. photos by Ivette Quispe Torres; lcdp by Harold Rusbelth Quispe-Melgar.
ALT Lomandra accedens, male A – D, G, H and female E, F, J – P. A, J habit, tuft with an inflorescence; B, K inflorescence; C – F leaf apex; G, N unopened flower, with bracts; H, P flower, spread open; L unopened fruit; M opened fruit with seed. A, C from N. G. Walsh 8750 (BRI); B, D, G, H from Bean 5695 (BRI); E, J, K, L, M, P from Kemp & Jensen JEK20062 (BRI); F, N from Henk 11631 (BRI). DRAWN BY NICOLE CROSSWELL.
ALT Neea myrciifolia. A – B branches with pistillate flowers and fruits; C – D pistillate inflorescence. A, C from R. Rojas 5731; B, D from R. Vásquez 36005. PHOTOS BY: ROCÍO DEL PILAR ROJAS GONZÁLES & RODOLFO VÁSQUEZ.
ALT Anaphalis rosmarinifolia. A & B habit; C leaf, adaxial surface; D leaf, abaxial surface; E inflorescence; F foliar bract, adaxial surface; G foliar bract, abaxial surface; H capitulum; J – Q phyllaries; R receptacle, aerial review; S pistillate floret; T bisexual floret; U stamens; V pistil; W & X dimorphic pappus; Y cypsela. PHOTOS: S. REMYA & C. N. MAYA.
ALT Flowers of Celtis guatemalensis. A 6-merous pistillate flower; B 5-merous (left) and 6-merous staminate flower; C 7-merous staminate flower: a adaxial view showing 7 filaments and a rudimentary ovary and stigma, b abaxial; D 6-merous staminate flower with 4 filaments still inflexed and 2 filaments spread; E staminate flower with 5 sepals and 7 filaments; F pistillate flower with four filaments inflexed and two filaments spread. The ruler lines in C and E mark 1 mm. A K. Eisermann 143; B – E K. Eisermann 317; F K. Eisermann 321. PHOTOS: KNUT EISERMANN.
ALT Ophiorrhiza alejandroi Naive. A habit; B leaf lamina, adaxial surface detail; C stipules; D bracts; E flowers, internal detail exposed; F pistil; G anther; H fruit; J capsule, longitudinal section. Based on M. Lebeg & C. J. A. Gumban 207 (holotype HNUL). DRAWN BY Y. ELIAZAR.
ALT Dichapetalum pseudoedule. A habitat; B habit; C flowering branch; D stipules and leaf bases; E – F inflorescence; G leaf, adaxial surface; H inflorescence, arrow showing a flower with petals split to midway; J young fruit; K leaf, abaxial surface; L scorpioid cyme and open flower; M mature fruit. C – F, H, L collected as Ngumbau & Mwadime SAJIT-V113; J, M collected as Ngumbau & Nyange V0676. PHOTOS: M. NYANGE & V. NGUMBAU.
ALT Myrceugenia pyricarpa. A branch bearing leaves; B leaves, abaxial surface; C leaves, adaxial surface; D & E bark; F inflorescence; G flower from below and bracteole (arrowed); H immature fruit with persistent sepals. A – C from Maruyama 7624 (holotype SORO); D – F from Maruyama 8105 (SPSF); G & H from Maruyama 6475 (SORO). PHOTOS: ADRIANO MARUYAMA.
ALT Barleria locusmetallorum. A habit and Sekhukhuhne Plains Bushveld; B & C inflorescences, yellow-flowered variant; D & E Inflorescences, white-flowered variant; F Inflorescence with flower buds and young fruit. A – C near Olifantspoortjie, D – F De Hoop Dam. photos: k. balkwill.
ALT Buchnera hirsutorepens and Buchnera prorepens in habitat. A Buchnera prorepens, Dec. 2023 in the Western Province, Zambia. B Buchnera hirsutorepens, Feb. 2022 in Shiwa-Ngandu District, Zambia. PHOTOS: NICHOLAS WIGHTMAN.
![Aristolochia tica. A habit; B portion of mature stem with ridged, suberous bark and cauliflorous inflorescences; C detail of developing raceme produced from young, green stem [s] (subtending leaf not shown); note sessile, atrophied prophyll at base (pseudostipule [p]) addorsed to main stem, and several inflorescence bracts, four of them foliaceous and petiolate [f], the rest bracteose and sessile; D flower limb in frontal view; note white retrorse hairs at the tube entrance; E flower in lateral view; F longitudinal section of the flower, showing the gynostemium and the internal structure of the utricle and the tube; G detail of the flower tube in longitudinal section; H gynostemium with closed anthers and receptive stigma (pistillate phase); J gynostemium with open anthers and closed stigma (staminate phase); K immature capsule; L mature capsule; M seed PHOTOS: J.E. Jiménez](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HICcEWVWMAAli17.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Aristolochia tica. A habit; B portion of mature stem with ridged, suberous bark and cauliflorous inflorescences; C detail of developing raceme produced from young, green stem [s] (subtending leaf not shown); note sessile, atrophied prophyll at base (pseudostipule [p]) addorsed to main stem, and several inflorescence bracts, four of them foliaceous and petiolate [f], the rest bracteose and sessile; D flower limb in frontal view; note white retrorse hairs at the tube entrance; E flower in lateral view; F longitudinal section of the flower, showing the gynostemium and the internal structure of the utricle and the tube; G detail of the flower tube in longitudinal section; H gynostemium with closed anthers and receptive stigma (pistillate phase); J gynostemium with open anthers and closed stigma (staminate phase); K immature capsule; L mature capsule; M seed PHOTOS: J.E. Jiménez
ALT Top: view of the American Exotic Nurseries facilities (c. 1896). Stokes Collection of Florida Railway Photographs. Reproduced with the kind permission of the University of South Florida Libraries – Tampa Special Collections. Bottom: letter (March 29, 1894) sent to George Nicholson (Kew Gardens) by Hoyt seeking details on the taxonomic identity of Coccothrinax crinita subsp. crinita identified by Hoyt as “palm no. 1” in this letter (see text inside the red box). Arrow points to the notes written by Nicholson indicating that “palm no. 1” is for C. crinita. subsp. crinita. Reproduced with the kind permission of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.