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Saccifolium IMAGES
(Gentianaceae: Saccifolieae: Saccifolium)
         leaf from above leaf length-section leaf from underneath flower and sepalopened corolla with stamens Saccifolium bandeirae

Note: Small shrub. Leaves saccate..

Drawing from Flora of Venezuelan Guayana (Gentianaceae by Struwe et al., 1999). Artist: Bruno Manara. © Missouri Botanical GardenMore images from this flora

(high resolution pictures: habit, leaf in l-sect, leaf underneath, leaf overside, flower, opened flower)

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