Family: Convolvulaceae
Bonamia
Citation:
Thodars, Hist. Vég. lles France 1:33, t. 8 (1804).
Synonymy: Breweria R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 487 (1810).
Common name: After Francois Bonami, 1710-1786, a French physician and botanist.
Description:
Perennial subshrubs Or vines with trailing stems, hairs 2-branched; leaves entire.
Inflorescence axillary, flowers solitary or cymose, bracteolate; sepals 5, free; corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate, entire to 5-lobed, folded in the bud, mid-petaline band hairy on the outside; stamens 5, included, glabrous or sparsely hairy at the base; pollen smooth; ovary glabrous or pilose, 2-celled with 2 ovules per cell; styles 2, united in the lower half, each with a globose or capitate stigma.
Capsule ovoid-conical, dehiscing longitudinally into 4-8 valves; seeds 2-4, glabrous or pilose (outside S. Aust.).
Distribution:
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Pantropical and subtropical genus of c. 50 species, 9 endemic to Australia.
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Biology:
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Author:
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