(Last Modified On 10/28/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/28/2012)
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Species
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DiosCOREA LEPIDA Morton
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PlaceOfPublication
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Carn. Inst. Publ. 461:248. 1926.
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Description
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Stems climbing dextrorsely, glabrous, unarmed; leaves alternate; petioles elongate; leaf blades ovate, up to 12 cm. long and 7.3 cm. wide, long-acuminate, cordate at base, glabrous, membranous, 9-nerved; stam- inate flowers unknown; capsules green, narrowly ob- long, 10-16 mm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, acute, glabrous, soon dehiscent; seeds 7-8 mm. long (including wing), 1.5 mm. wide, winged at base.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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COCLE: Bismarck, above Penonome, R. S. Williams 593; vicinity of El Valle, Allen 235.
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Note
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It is possible that the single staminate collection referred above to D. convolvulacea var. glabra is really D. lepida, in which case these two species are indistin- guishable except by fruiting plants.
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