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(Last Modified On 7/24/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/24/2013)
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Species
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Psammisia dolichopoda A. C. Smith
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Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29: 368. 1950.
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Note
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TYPE: Colombia; Cauca, Haught 5199 (US, holotype; photo NY).
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Description
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Epiphytic shrub, glabrous except for filaments, mature stems and twigs of the new growth terete or subterete, striate, reddish brown when dry. Leaves elliptic, subcoriaceous when dry, (5-)8-14 cm long, (2-)3-5 cm wide, basally cu- neate or obtuse, short attenuate, apically long or short acuminate, weakly 5(-7)- plinerved, the midrib, the lateral nerves and the veinlets weakly raised above, more prominent beneath; petiole rugose, 4-5 mm long, 1-2 mm in diameter. Inflorescence racemose or subcorymbose, 5-8(-10)-flowered; rachis subterete or angled, striate, 1.5-4 cm long, the peduncle 1-2 cm long; pedicels terete, striate, (20-)25-30 mm long at anthesis, lengthening to 40 mm post anthesis; floral bracts and the bracteoles minute, ovate, acute to acuminate, 0.5-1 mm long, fimbriate. Flowers with the hypanthium and calyx 5-5.2 mm long, obscurely articulate with the pedicel but without a clearly marked groove; the tube cylindric or slightly ribbed, ca. 3 mm long, 5 mm in diameter, the limb cam- panulate, 2.2-2.5 mm long including the calyx lobes, the lobes short-triangular, ca. 1.2 mm long, the sinuses broadly rounded or flat; corolla subglobose to urceolate, coriaceous, green when fresh, 5.5-6 mm long, 4-5 mm diameter, the lobes triangular, acute, ca. 1.2 mm long; stamens 4-5 mm long, without spurs but the connective broadly callose thickened, the filaments distinct, 1-2.5 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, attached to the upper part of the anther sac, ciliate or strigose along the dorsal surface, the anthers 3.5-4.5 mm long, the thecae coarsely granular, 2-3 mm long, tubules 1-1.5 mm long, dehiscing by elongate pores 0.5-0.7 mm long; style inserted, 4 mm long. Mature berry not seen.
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Habit
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shrub
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Note
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The extension of the range of P. dolichopoda from the type locality in wet montane forest (2,500 m ) to the tropical moist forest of the El Llano-Carti area is surprising. The Panamanian material differs from that of the type col- lection in seemingly insignificant characters, e.g. rachis 6-8 cm long and corolla 7-9 mm long in the type collection vs. rachis 1.5-4 cm long and corolla 5.5-6 mm long in the Panamanian material.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: El Llano-Carti Road, 7-12 km from Interamerican Higlhway, 360-410 m, Croat 25160 (DUKE, MO), 26062, 26076; D'Arcy 10606; (all MO). Dressler 4674 (DUKE); Gentry 5798 (DUKE, MO); Mori 7752 (DUKE, MO); Mori & Kallunki 2301, 2903, 4714 (all MO). DARIE'N: Ascent of Cerro Pirre from Rio Pirre S of El Real, 750-1030 m, Duke 5323 (MO). Cloud forest and mossy forest, Cerro Pirre, 2500-4500 ft, Duke & Elias 13764 (DUKE, MO).
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