Iochroma lehmannii
Iochroma lehmannii is a species of the genus of shrubs violets ( Iochroma ) in the nightshade family (Solanaceae ).
Description
Iochroma lehmannii is a small tree that is 4 to 10 feet high. Its young branches are slightly purple and covered with triangular scales. The leaves are elliptic to lanceolate, 4 to 18.5 inches long and 2.5 to 10 inches wide.
The inflorescences consist of two to six flowers. The calyx is 5-7 mm long and not inflated. The yellow- green crown is funnel-shaped to bell-shaped, 2 to 3.5 inches long. Your inside is hairless, hairy the outside. The stamens are 1.5 to 2 inches long and are glabrous or sparsely hairy only at the base. The dust bag to a length of 4 to 7 millimeters. Pollen consists of pollen grains with a diameter from 28 to 33 microns. The stylus is 1.2 to 1.6 millimeters long.
The fruit is a spherical or slightly conical with a diameter berry 1 to 1.6 millimeters, which is enclosed by a greatly enlarged cup.
System
Phylogenetic analyzes place the kind with Iochroma squamosum in a common clade ( clade L to Smith & Tree 2006) a. Iochroma lehmannii is likely related to Iochroma cyaneum ayabacense a parent species of the natural hybrid Iochroma.
Distribution and threat
Copies of Iochroma lehmannii were collected mainly in the south of Ecuador and adjacent Peru. The IUCN classifies this species as a vulnerable (endangered ), but recommends a review of this status.