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Perikapur (Microchirita caerulea)

Dlium Perikapur (Microchirita caerulea)

Perikapur (Microchirita caerulea) is plant species in Gesneriaceae, herbaceous, non-woody, upright, growing up to 65 cm tall. Its stems are straight, cylindrical, and bright green. Its roots are fibrous and white, clinging to limestone surfaces and cliffs in karst landscapes.

M. caerulea grows in sparse or distant colonies. The stems are erect, straight, cylindrical, bright green, reddish, or brownish, and have white hairs. The leaves are opposite, with petioles up to 5 cm long.



The leaf blades are oval, up to 14 cm long, up to 8 cm wide, and have pointed tips. The upper side is green, with white, and rough hairs. The underside is bright green. A main vein runs through the center and minor veins run laterally.

The inflorescences grow above the leaf blades. The flowers are fan-shaped or trumpet-shaped and hairy, 2 cm long and 1 cm wide, with violet stripes on the upper side. The leaf blades are green, butterfly-shaped, and have white, and rough hairs. The leaves grow from the leaf axils, with petioles up to 10 cm long.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Tribe: Trichosporeae
Subtribe: Didymocarpinae
Genus: Microchirita (C.B.Clarke) Yin Z.Wang in J. Syst. Evol. 49: 59 (2011)
Species: Microchirita caerulea (R.Br.) Yin Z.Wang in J. Syst. Evol. 49: 60 (2011)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Chirita caerulea R.Br. in Cyrtandreae: 117 (1839)
Didymocarpus caeruleus (R.Br.) Koord. in Exkurs.-Fl. Java 3: 189 (1912)
Roettlera caerulea (R.Br.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 476 (1891)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Chirita zollingeri C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 125 (1883)
Didymocarpus cyathiphorus Rchb.f. & Zoll. in J.E.Teijsmann & S.Binnendijk, Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 156 (1866)
Didymocarpus zollingeri (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 477 (1891)
Roettlera zollingeri (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 477 (1891)

PUBLICATIONS

A. P. Dewi, M. R. Hariri, A. S. D. Irsyam, R. R. Irwanto, T. H. Al Yamini (2023). Anatomy of Karst Plant: A Study On Microchirita caerulea (R.Br.) Yin Z. Wang (Gesneriaceae) From Madura Island. Metamorfosa: Journal of Biological Sciences 10(1): 302-311. DOI: 10.24843/metamorfosa.2023.v10.i02.p14

Backer, C. A and Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. 1965. Flora of Java, Vol. 2. Wolters-Noordhoff N. V. Groningen, Netherlands.

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Puglisi, C and D. J. Middleton. 2017. A revision of Microchirita (Gesneriaceae) in Thailand. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore. 69(2): 211-284.

Weber, A., J. L. Clark and M. Möller. 2013. A new formal classification of Gesneriaceae. Selbyana. 31(2): 68-94.

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Perikapur
Indonesia: Perikapur, Peri kapur, Bunga kapur
Java: Peri gamping, Tapak gamping, Kembang gamping

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