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Titanotrichum oldhamii, with its truly racemose inflorescence, scaly rhizomes, and appendiculate seeds, is distinct within the Gesneriaceae. Its relationship with other genera and its systematic position within the family are unclear.
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Flora of China Vol. 18: 401 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Rhizomes with fleshy scales. Stems 20-50 cm, pilose, glabrescent. Petiole 0.3-6.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate, (2.5-) 10-27 X (1.2-)4.5-12.5 cm, appressed puberulent to scabrous, base oblique, attenuate to rounded, margin repand to coarsely double serrate or dentate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences many flowered; rachis pilose; bracts lanceolate to linear, (2-)5-10 mm. Calyx segments lanceolate to narrowly triangular, 0.7-1.3 cm. Corolla yellow, inside purple spotted from lobes to base, 3-4.5 cm; tube 2.6-3.7 cm; adaxial lip 4.5-6 X ca. 5 mm; abaxial lip 6-8 X ca. 8 mm. Stamens glabrous; filaments 2.2-2.7 cm; staminode ca. 0.5 mm. Pistil 2-3 cm; ovary densely appressed puberulent. Style 1.8-2.8 cm, glabrous; adaxial stigma 0.4-0.8 mm, abaxial ca. 1.2 mm. Capsule 6-8 X 3-5.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Nov.
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Flora of China Vol. 18: 401 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Fujian, Taiwan [Japan (including Ryukyu Islands)].
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Flora of China Vol. 18: 401 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Habitat

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Shaded areas in valleys; 100-1200 m.
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Flora of China Vol. 18: 401 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Synonym

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Rehmannia oldhamii Hemsley in F. B. Forbes & Hemsley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 194. 1889; Matsumuria oldhami (Hemsley) Hemsley.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 18: 401 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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