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Bequaertia

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Bequaertia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Bequaertia
R.Wilczek (1956)
Species:
B. mucronata
Binomial name
Bequaertia mucronata
(Exell) R.Wilczek (1956)
Synonyms[1]
  • Campylostemon mucronatus (Exell) J.B.Hall (1981)
  • Hippocratea kaimlecta Loes. ex Harms (1942)
  • Hippocratea mucronata Exell (1927)
  • Hippocratea semlikiensis Robyns & Tournay (1948)

Bequaertia mucronata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Celastraceae. It is a climbing shrub or liana native to western and central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to southwestern Uganda. It grows in damp forests and on river banks.[1] It is the sole species in genus Bequaertia.[2]

Plants can grow 15 to 25 meters tall. The main stem can exceed 10 cm in diameter, and branches are covered in a brownish-red bark which becomes pale and flaky with age. Leaves are elliptic in shape, (5–)9–14 cm long and 3–5 cm wide, with a papery texture. Flowers are 4–5 mm in diameter with fleshy incurved petals, which are white at first and change to orange, rose-salmon and finally brownish-red.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bequaertia mucronata (Exell) R.Wilczek. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Bequaertia R.Wilczek | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 March 2021.