TABLE 2 in Gynostemma verrucosum (Cucurbitaceae), a new species with verrucose stem from Guangxi, China

TABLE 2. Morphological comparison of Gynostemma verrucosum, G. caulopterum, G. compressum and G. guangxiense.
CharacterG. verrucosumG. caulopterumG. compressumG. guangxienseStemsubcylindrical, striate and sulcate, conspicuously verrucose except for shoot, puberulent at nodes3-angled, angles winged, glabrous or sparsely puberulent at nodessubcylindrical, striate and sulcate, glabroussubcylindrical, striate and sulcate, glabrousLeaves(5–)9(–11)-foliolate, leaflets oblong or obovate-elliptic, papery; central leaflet 7–15 × 2–4 cm; petiole 10–22 cm7-foliolate, leaflets rhombic-elliptic or obovate-elliptic, papery; central leaflet 6–12 × 2–4 cm; petiole 5–8 cm7-foliolate, leaflets elliptic or elliptic-ovate, membranous; central leaflet 3.5–6.5 × 2–2.5 cm; petiole 5–12 cm3–7-foliolate, leaflet ovate-elliptic or obovate, papery or membranous; central leaflet 3–4.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm; petiole 4–8 cmFruitcapsule, 2-compressed obtriangular lobed, 8–10 × 14–18 mm; fruit stalk 3–7 cm; tip slightly convexcapsule, 2–3-compressed globose lobed, 2.5–3 × 5–6 mm; fruit stalk 0.3–0.6 cm; tip slightly concaveCapsule, 2-compressed obtriangular lobed,5–8 × 5–7 mm; fruit stalk 1.3–2.5 cm; tip slightly concavecapsule, 2–3-compressed globose lobed, 4–5 × 5–6 mm; fruit stalk 0.7–1.8 cm; tip slightly concaveSeedseeds 2, obtriangular, 5–6 × 7–8 mm, spiniform-tuberculate, margin serrate and sulcate, acute verrucae inside grooveseeds 2–3, broadly cordate, ca. 2 × 3 mm, spiniform-tuberculateseeds 2, obtriangular, ca. 3 × 3.5 mm, tuberculate, margin crenate and sulcateseeds 2–3, oblong or subglobose, ca. 2.5 × 2.2 mm, verruculose, margin crenate and sulcate