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    GENUS Triphyophyllum     FAMILY Dioncophyllaceae      West African Carnivorous Liana      1 species
   

     ORDER Caryophyllales     Click map to enlarge       Illustration            List of Species --->  International Carnivorous Plant Society

 

   Carnivorous Plant Species List : Triphyophyllum     Last update 2018-October-11

     GENUS Triphyophyllum  (1 species)

     T. peltatum  (1952)

     GENUS Habropetalum  (1 species)

     H. dawei  (1952)

     GENUS Dioncophyllum  (1 species)

     D. thollonii  (1890)

     GENUS Ancistrocladus  (21 species)

     A. abbreviatus  ( )
     A. attenuatus  ( ) 
     A. barteri  ( )
     A. benomensis  ( )
     A. congolensis  ( )
     A. ealaensis  ( )
     A. grandiflorus  ( )
     A. griffithii  ( )
     A. guineensis  ( )
     A. hamatus  ( )
     A. heyneanus  ( )
     A. ileboensis  ( )
     A. korupensis  ( )
     A. letestui  ( )
     A. likoko  ( )
     A. pachyrrhachis  ( )
     A. robertsoniorum  ( )
     A. tanzaniensis  ( )
     A. tectorius  ( )
     A. uncinatus  ( )
     A. wallichii  ( )

    LIFE CYCLE

    Stage 1:  Juvenile
                   Leaf:  20-35 cm long, wavy leaf margin
                   Stem: 7-50 cm tall

    Stage 2:  Carnivorous
                   Leaf:  glandular, 15-30 cm long, 1-6 glandular leaves on a single shoot
                             Reverse circination on vernation, lasts only 3-6 weeks
                   Stem: woody, 7-50 cm tall

    Stage 3:  Liana
                   Leaf:  6-17 cm long, two-fanged hook at the tip
                   Stem: woody, up to 50 m long, 7-10 cm in diameter

    Stalked Gland:  multi-celluler, multi-layered, vascularized with both xylem and phloem
                           3 mm long (large one) and 1 mm long (small one), with gland head 1 mm in diameter
    Sessile Gland:  distributed around the stalked gland

    INFLORESCENCE

    Glabrous, few-flowered cymes

    Flower: Actinomorphic
                pentamerous (5)
                5 sepals
                5 petals
                10 subsessile stamens on very short filaments
                5 (4) carpellate superior ovary
                apically branched styles
                flower sweetly fragrant

     Fruit:    3-5 valvate dehiscent capsule
                capsule splits open before the seeds are fully ripe
             

   ---  ref.: Ellison & Adamec (2018)