Lianas. Cymes extra-axillary, paniculate; branches racemelike or
spicate, brown or rusty hairy, many flowered. Calyx with or
without basal glands. Corolla rotate, lobed ca. halfway down to
nearly to base; lobes ± valvate. Corona lobes 5, inserted at
base of gynostegium, sometimes with ligulate adaxial appendages,
longer than stamens, shorter than stigma head. Anther appendages
minute; pollinia 4 per pollinarium, erect, retinaculum minute,
translator arms absent. Stigma head usually club-shaped,
fusiform, or long subulate. Follicles cylindric or narrowly
ovoid. Seeds oblong. The Genus Genianthus is further organized
into finer groupings including: - Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages
for 2 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in
the Genus Genianthus: G. crassifolius · G. laurifolius -
"Genianthus". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 200. Published by
Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
Online at EFloras.org. - Photographs on this page are
copyrighted by individual photographers,