Vulcanoa
Monospecific genus of flowering plant
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Vulcanoa is a monospecific genus of flowering plant in the dogbane family that contains only the species Vulcanoa steyermarkii. It is a liana native to Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas.[2]
| Vulcanoa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Vulcanoa Morillo |
| Species: | V. steyermarkii |
| Binomial name | |
| Vulcanoa steyermarkii (Woodson) Morillo | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
Vulcanoa steyermarkii is a woody vine with trichomes that lack glands and face backwards. The leaves of the plant are placed opposite each other on the stems. The blades are a narrow oval shape which taper to a point, and are covered in rust-colored hairs. The flower clusters are cymes with few flowers,[3] and the flowers have bell-shaped corollas and concave coronas that are covered in fine hairs.[4] The fruits are spindle-shaped and shaggy with dense prickles.[3]
Taxonomy and etymology
The genus Vulcanoa was first described by Venezuelan botanist Gilberto Morillo in 2015.[2] The name derives from the Greek fire god Vulcan, in reference to the habitat of Vulcanoa steyermarkii on volcanic mountains.[3] It was created by splitting a single species, Matelea steyermarkii, from the genus Matelea.[1] The new genus was then placed in the subtribe Gonolobinae.[3]