Epigaea gaultherioides | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Epigaea |
Species: | E. gaultherioides
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Binomial name | |
Epigaea gaultherioides | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Orphanidesia gaultherioides Boiss. & Balansa |
Epigaea gaultherioides is a species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family. [1] It is native to Transcaucasia and Turkey. [2] [3]
Epigaea gaultherioides is an evergreen subshrub (height: 0.5 m). Leaves elliptical (long: 60-110 mm, wide: 30-55 mm), leathery, base cordate, apex acuminate, petiole pubescent (long: 5-15 mm). Inflorescence an axillary fascicles of 1-3 flowers. Flowers: campanulate calyx (long: 12-15 mm), with 5 oval lobes, funneliform and pink corolla, with 5 lobes. Subglobose capsules (long: 1 mm).
Epigaea gaultherioides | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Epigaea |
Species: | E. gaultherioides
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Binomial name | |
Epigaea gaultherioides | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Orphanidesia gaultherioides Boiss. & Balansa |
Epigaea gaultherioides is a species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family. [1] It is native to Transcaucasia and Turkey. [2] [3]
Epigaea gaultherioides is an evergreen subshrub (height: 0.5 m). Leaves elliptical (long: 60-110 mm, wide: 30-55 mm), leathery, base cordate, apex acuminate, petiole pubescent (long: 5-15 mm). Inflorescence an axillary fascicles of 1-3 flowers. Flowers: campanulate calyx (long: 12-15 mm), with 5 oval lobes, funneliform and pink corolla, with 5 lobes. Subglobose capsules (long: 1 mm).