View source for Thyrsanthella difformis

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|accepted_name=Thyrsanthella difformis
|accepted_authority=(Walter) Pichon
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér.
|place=2, 20: 192. 1948
|year=1948
}}
|common_names=Climbing dogbane
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Echites difformis
|authority=Walter
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication_place=98.  1788
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Forsteronia difformis
|authority=(Walter) A. de Candolle
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Trachelospermum difforme
|authority=(Walter) A. Gray
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Thyrsanthella;Thyrsanthella difformis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Apocynaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thyrsanthella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Thyrsanthella difformis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>glabrous or very sparsely pubescent when young. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–10(–15) mm, glabrous; blade elliptic to obovate-elliptic or occasionally linear-lanceolate or suborbiculate, 2.7–6(–12) × 0.4–3.5(–7) cm, membranous, base acute to rounded or obtuse, apex acuminate or apiculate, surfaces sparsely pubescent or glabrous. <b>Peduncles</b> 2.5–5 cm, sparsely pubescent or glabrous. <b>Pedicels</b> 4–8 mm, minutely pubescent or glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, 3–4 mm, pubescent or glabrous; corolla glabrous or very sparsely eglandular-pubescent abaxially, eglandular-pubescent adaxially, tube 2.5–3.5 × 1–1.5 mm, throat 2.5–3.5 × 2–3 mm, lobes spreading or reflexed, obliquely obovate, 3–4 × 2–3 mm. <b>Follicles</b> 10–23 × 0.1–0.3 cm. <b>Seeds</b> 8–11 × 1.5–2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Bottomlands, swamps, moist upland forests and woodlands.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p>The leaves of Thyrsanthella difformis can exhibit a remarkable variability in width, even on branches of the same plant, most notably in young sprouts of the forest floor.</p>
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name=Thyrsanthella difformis
|authority=(Walter) Pichon
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Forsteronia difformis;Trachelospermum difforme
|basionyms=Echites difformis
|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring; fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Bottomlands, swamps, moist upland forests and woodlands.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér.
|publication year=1948
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=
|genus=Thyrsanthella
|species=Thyrsanthella difformis
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