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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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Species
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Louteridium costaricense Radlk. and Donnell Smith
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Gaz. (Crawfords- ville) 37: 422. 1904.
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Note
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TYPE: Costa Rica, Tonduz 8123 (not seen).
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Description
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Shrub to 1.5 m tall, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, to 32 cm long and 15 cm wide, apically acuminate, basally attenuate, membranous, the cystoliths dense and prominent on both the surfaces, glabrous, the margins entire. Inflorescences in terminal, narrow panicles, the peduncles to ca. 15 cm long, the bracts and the bracteoles ovate lanceolate, 8-12 mm long. Flowers with pedicels 1.5-3 cm long; sepals 3, elliptic 2-4 cm long, 2 cm wide, acute, containing numerous cystoliths, the venation conspicuous; corolla pale green or yellow; stamens 2.
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Habit
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Shrub
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Note
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This species is found in lowland rain forests.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Fish Creek Mountains, Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 2283 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Miraflores Lake, White 277 (MO). COCLE: El Valle, wet ditch bank in shade, Tyson et al. 2464 (US). COLON: 2-3 mi up the Rio Guanche, 10-20 m, Kennedy & Foster 2180 (MO). DARIEN: Pinogana, ca. 20 mn, Allen 918 (MO). HIERERA: Banks of Rio Santa Maria, Burch et al. 1189A (MO). 4 mi S of Las Pozas, Tyson 2667 (MO). LOS SANTOS: 12 mi S of Macaracas in creek, Tyson et al. 3067 (MO). PANAM\A: Juan Diaz, Standley 30540 (US). SAN BLAS: El Llano-Carti highway, ca. 23 km N of El Llano, area of Panama-San Blas border, Dressler 4310 (DUKE, MO).
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