Fig. 7. – Palisota cristalensis E in Novitates Gabonenses 90: Palisota (Commelinaceae) revisited: description of eight new species from Central Africa and notes on the identity of P. satabiei and P. bogneri

Fig. 7. – Palisota cristalensis E. Bidault & Burg (A– D) and P. fadenii Burg & E. Bidault (E–F). A. Living plant in habitat; B. Inflorescence showing closed flowers; C. Detail of an open flower; D. Detail of pubescence on the upper side of the lamina; E. Detail of an open bisexual flower showing the reflexed lower stamen still in place, and the two upper stamens removed; F. Detail of an open bisexual flower from the outside, showing the reflexed lower stamen still in place, one of the upper stamens, and the calyx with one larger sepal. [A, C: Bidault et al. 3379; B, D: Bidault et al. 3309; E–F: Sita 535] [Photos: A–E:E. Bidault; F: W.J. van der Burg]