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(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 refractifolia (Kuntze) Leonard
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Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 1938.
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Synonym
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Ecbolium refractifolium Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1. 2: 487. 1891. TYPE: Costa Rica, Kuntze (not seen). Justicia pseudopolystachya Cuf., Archivo Bot. 10: 49. 1934. SYNTYPES: Costa Rica, Cuf ondontis 349 & 652.
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Description
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Herb, sometimes suffrutescent to 1 m tall; stems erect, simple, subquad- rangular toward the apex, subterete below, pilose. Leaves elliptic, to 18 cm long,
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Habit
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Herb
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Description
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7 cm wide, apically acuminate, basally acute to attenuate, glabrous to strigose along the costa and the veins above, pilose beneath, the margins entire to undu- late; petioles 5-15 mm long, pilose. Inflorescences in terminal and axillary spikes, borne singly and in clusters, to 15 cm long, 1 cm wide, the rachis pilose to strigose; bracts ovate, to 10 cm long, 6 cm wide, imbricate, apically acute, drying brown, the veins prominent, pilose both surfaces, ciliate; bractlets lanceo- late, falcate, to 8 mm long, 2.5 mm wide, ciliolate. Flowers with 5-merous calyx, segments narrowly subulate, to 6 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, ciliate; corollas white to purple, to 11 mm long, puberulous, the tube cylindrical, 7 mm long, 1.5 mm broad, the upper lip erect, 4 mm long, 2 mm wide, apically bidentate; lower lip 4 mm long, 3-lobed, the lobes 2.5 mm long, apically obtuse, the middle lobe 2.5 mm wide, the lateral lobes 2 mm wide; stamens exserted to about the notch of the upper lip, the filaments attached just below the throat, pubescence of minute glandular hairs, the anther cells superposed; the lower cell spurred. Capsules clavate, 9 mm long, 2 mm broad, puberulous; seeds subtriangular, ca. 1.5 mm across, flattened, reddish brown, roughened.
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Note
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This species is found in rain forests at lower elevation
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Punta Pena, near Chiriquicito, ca. 1000 ft, Lewis et al. 2164 (MO). Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 143 (MO), 1571 (MO, US). Isla Colon, ca. 25-75 m, Woodson et al. 1935 (MO). COLON: Santa Rita Ridge Road, 4 mi from Transisthmian Highway to Agua Clara weather station, ca. 500 mn, Dressler et al. 8860 (MO). Santa Rita Ridge E of Trans- isthmian Highway, 300-500 m, Gentry 6584 (MO). Road into Santa Rita, E of Agua Clara rain gauge, Kennedy 2748 (MO). 2-3 mi up the Rio Guanche, lowland rain forest, ca. 10-20 m, Kennedy & Foster 2161a (MO). Santa Rita Ridge, end of road from Transisthmian High- way, ca. 10 mi from highway, Porter et al. 4751, 4770 (both MO). DARIEN: Boca de Pau- arando, on Sambui River, 20 m, Pittier 5589 (NY, US). PANA-MA: El Llano-Carti Road, 10 km from Interamerican Highway, Mori & Kallunki 2309 (MO). SAN BLAS: Trail E of Cangandi-Mandinga airport road, 2-5 mi S of airport, Ditke 14798 (US).
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