Treutlera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Treutlera insignis Hook.f.[1]
It is native to Nepal, the East Himalaya and Assam in India.[1]
The genus name of Treutlera is in honour of William John Treutler (1841–1915), a British doctor who also worked at Kew Gardens.[2] The Latin specific epithet of insignis means significant.[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.15 on table 1425 in 1883.[1]
Treutlera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It only contains one known species, Treutlera insignis Hook.f.
It is native to Nepal, the East Himalaya and Assam in India.
The genus name of Treutlera is in honour of William John Treutler (1841–1915), a British doctor who also worked at Kew Gardens. The Latin specific epithet of insignis means significant. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. Vol.15 on table 1425 in 1883.
Treutlera es un género monotípico de fanerógamas de la familia Apocynaceae. Su única especie es Treutlera insignis Hook.f.[1] Es originario de Asia donde se encuentra en India y Nepal a una altura de 2000 a 3000 metros.[2]
Son enredaderas sufrútices, glabrescentes. Las hojas son coriáceas, de 7-13 cm de largo y 3.8 cm de ancho, elípticas, basalmente redondeadas o cuneadas, apiculado el ápice, glabrescentes.
Las inflorescencias son extra-axilares, solitarias, más cortas que las hojas adyacentes, con 5-7 flores, colgantes, con largos pedúnculos.[2]
Treutlera es un género monotípico de fanerógamas de la familia Apocynaceae. Su única especie es Treutlera insignis Hook.f. Es originario de Asia donde se encuentra en India y Nepal a una altura de 2000 a 3000 metros.
