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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/28/2012)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 10/28/2012)
Species DiosCOREA LEPIDA Morton
PlaceOfPublication Carn. Inst. Publ. 461:248. 1926.
Description 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.
Distribution Costa Rica and Panama.
Specimen COCLE: Bismarck, above Penonome, R. S. Williams 593; vicinity of El Valle, Allen 235.
Note 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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