Page 11 - 2009 Prospero hierae Phyton (1)

ogical characters of Prospero hierae and allied species

P. pulchellum P. p usillum P. autumnale

ovoid subglobose to ovoid ovoid
2- 3 x 1.5-2 1.1- 1.8 x 0.7- 1.4 2- 3.5 x 1.5- 3
2- 4 5- 10
sub-cylindrical sub-cylindrical sub-cylindrical
green green green
3-5 6-10 10- 35
0.5- 0.9 0.5- 1 0.5-1
1(2) 1-2(3) 1-2
erect erect erect
6- 10 4-10 10- 35

6-15 3-10(17) 10-25
3 2- 6 4.5-5
blue- violaceous pink blue-violaceous to
purplish
3.5- 4 x 2 4.8-5 x 2 4.5-5 x 2-2.2
oblong, rounded oblanceolate, obtuse
3.5--4 x 2 4.8- 5 x 2 4.5-5 x 1.5-1.8
oblong, rounded elliptical, rounded to
3-3.5 retuse
3 violaceous 3- 3.5
violaceous white below, pulplish-
1.3 x 1.3 liliaceous above
l 1-1.3 1-1.2
1.5 x 1.7 globose 1.4 x 1.2
1.5 2.3-3 l
- 12 obovoid
3-3.2
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