Amherstia
Amherstia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
Tribe: | Amherstieae |
Genus: | Amherstia Wall. |
Species: | A. nobilis
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Binomial name | |
Amherstia nobilis |
Amherstia nobilis (Burmese: သော်ကကြီး [
Description
[edit]The extravagant flowers are seen hanging from the long inflorescence, or flower stalk, which is a bright crimson red at the end. There are 5 petals although 2 of these are minute and the rest are of unequal size. These petals are also crimson; the two medium-sized petals are yellow at the tip and the largest petal is broad and fan-shaped with a wavy upper margin and a yellow triangle of colour extending from the lip down into the flower. This large petal can reach 7.5 centimetres long and over 4 centimetres wide at the end. There are either 9 or 10 stamens, 9 of which are partially fused into a pink sheath; the stamens are of two differing lengths with the longer ones having larger anthers. The compound leaves bear 6 - 8 large leaflets; these are broadly oblong in shape and are pallid underneath.[citation needed]
The fruits (legumes) are 11 to 20 centimetres long. They are roughly scimitar-shaped pods, and the woody outer case opens to disperse the seeds.[citation needed]
Gallery
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Flowers
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Amherstia nobilis
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Amherstia nobilis beginning of the inflorescence
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Amherstia nobilis flowering
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Amherstia nobilis detail of the flower
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Flower, new red leaves, and mature green leaves
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Seedpod
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rivers, M.C. (2024). "Amherstia nobilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T226776565A227965606. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Wallich, Nathaniel. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 1: 1. 1830[1829]. [1]
External links
[edit]Data related to Amherstia nobilis at Wikispecies
Media related to Amherstia nobilis at Wikimedia Commons
- From the ARKive digital database