Heteropteris
H.B.K.
Shrubs, rarely climbing. Leaves opposite, mostly entire, usually glandular below;
stipules inconspicuous. Flowers bisexual, mostly paniculate or racemose; pedicels
articulate at base or in middle, 2-bracteolate. Calyx 5-partite, often glandular. Petals
clawed. Stamens 10, all perfect, unequal; filaments united at base; anthers unappendaged. Ovary 3-locular with lobes gibbous on back; styles 3, subulate, hooked at apex; stigmas crest-like. Samaras 1-3, winged on back; wings thickened on lower margins;
seeds oblong; cotyledons often unequal.
S. America and also in W. tropical Africa, ca 80 species; 2 species commonly grown in gardens in India. viz. H. argentea H.B.K was also recorded to be grown in the country but not seen commonly.
S. America and also in W. tropical Africa, ca 80 species; 2 species commonly grown in gardens in India. viz. H. argentea H.B.K was also recorded to be grown in the country but not seen commonly.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
| 1a. Erect, almost unbranched shrubs; leaves linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, glabrous | 1. Heteropteris angustifolia |
| b. Climbing, profulely branched shrubs; leaves elliptic, ovate, obovate or orbicular, silky-tomentotose beneath | 2. Heteropteris laevifolia |
