(Last Modified On 7/29/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/29/2013)
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Species
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Justicia oerstedii Leonard
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PlaceOfPublication
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Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 1938.
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Synonym
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Chiloglossa glabra Oerst., Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn 1854: 161. 1855. TYPE: Costa Rica, Oersted (not seen). Dianthera glabra (Oerst.) Hemsley, Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 518. 1882. Justicia glabra (Oerst.) Lindau, in Pitt., Primit. 2: 312. 1900, not J. glabra Roxb. (1820).
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Description
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Herb, sometimes suffrutescent to 1.5 m tall; stems erect, terete to subquad- rangular when young, glabrous to puberulous. Leaves elliptic to ovate, to 10 cm long, 4.5 cm wide, apically acuminate to obtuse, basally attenuate, glabrous, the cystoliths visible on both the surfaces, the margins entire to slightly undulate; petioles short, to ca. 5 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescences in terminal, spicate panicles, to 20 cm long, the spikes lax, the peduncles and the rachises glandular puberulous; bracts and bracteoles narrowly subulate, 1-1.5 mm long, ca. 0.5 mm wide basally, puberulous. Flowers with 5-merous calyx, the calyx segments subulate, to 3.5 mm long, the posterior segment smaller, to 2 mm long, 1 mm wide basally, keeled, puberulous; corolla bright red, to 3 cm long, puberulous, the tube narrow, 1 mm wide basally, 5 mm wide at the mouth, the upper lip oblong, 9 mm long, 5 mm wide, apically minutely bidentate, the lower lip 10 mm long, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 2.5 mm wide, the lateral lobes 1.5 mm wide, all the lobes 3 mm long, apically rounded; stamens exserted to about the tip of the upper lip, the anther cells superposed by a connective 0.5 mm wide, the lower cell rounded, acute at the base. Capsules clavate, 12 mm long, 2 mm wide, puberulous; seeds suborbicular, flattened, ca. 1.5 mm in diameter, roughened.
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Habit
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Herb
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Note
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This species is found in wet areas along streams, trails and in thickets and forests
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Elevation
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from 500 to 2,000 m
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Trail from Paso Ancho to Monte Lirio, upper valley of Rio Chiriqui Viejo, 1500- 2000 m, Allen 1475 (MO). Bajo Mono, Boquete, 4500 ft, Davidson 494 (MO). Wet slopes of Sierra del Boquete, 4500 ft, Maurice 879 (US). Boquete, 1000-1300 m, Maxon 2983 (US), 5005 (NY). Forests around El Boquete, 1000-1300 mn, Pittier 2983 (NY). Weedy roadside 4 mi NE of El Hato del Volcan towards Costa Rica and Cerro Pando, Wilbur et al. 15325 (DUKE). COCLE1: N rim of El Valle de Anton, 600-1000 m, Allen 1672 (MO). El Valle de Anton, along Rio Indio trail, 500-700 m, Hunter & Allen 324 (MO). Hills NE of El Valle de Anton, 2000 ft, Lewis et al. 1694 (MO). El Valle de Anton, 1840 ft, Maurice 767 (US). COLON: Santa Rita Ridge, end of road from Transisthmian Highway, Porter et al. 4754A (MO). PANAMA: Campo Tres, 5 km NE of Altos de Pacora, Busey 824 (MO). 5-10 km NE of Altos de Pacora on trail at end of road, ca. 750 m, Mori & Kallunki 4988 (MO). Cerro Campana, above Su Lin Motel, Porter et al. 4206, 4307 (both MO).
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