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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 3/18/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 3/18/2013)
Species Phyllanthus urinaria L.
PlaceOfPublication Sp. P1. 982, 1753.
Description Herb, usually annual, erect or procumbent, up to 5 dm high; monoecious; main stems 1-3 mm thick, subterete with narrow sharp ridges decurrent from nodes; scale-leaves on main axes scarious, 2-3 mm long. Deciduous branchlets mostly 5-10 cm long, 0.5-0.75 mm thick, with 20-35 leaves. Leaves with very short petioles; stipules unequal, the longer 0.8-1.5 mm long, lanceolate; blades mostly 8-25 mm long, 2-6(-9) mm broad, linear to oblong-obovate, obtuse or mucronulate at the tip, marginally hispidulous beneath. Cymules unisexual, the proximal nodes with solitary female flowers, the distal nodes with cymules of 5-7 male flowers. Staminate flowers with calyx-lobes 6, less than 0.5 mm long; disc-segments 6, crenulate; stamens 3, the filaments completely fused into a column, the anthers dehiscing vertically; pollen grains 4-colporate. Pistillate flowers with pedicels 0.5 mm long or less; calyx-lobes 6, linear to lanceolate, dorsally hispidulous, 0.6-0.9 mm long; disc entire or crenulate; ovary conspicu- ously papillate, the styles connate, bifid at the tips. Capsules 2-2.2 mm in diam, scurfy or nearly smooth, often reddish-blotched; seeds 1.1-1.2 mm long, light brown, with 12-15 sharp tranverse ridges on back and sides and often with 1-3 deep pits on the sides.
Habit Herb
Distribution Of Old World origin, now widely distributed in tropical regions; a weed in moist habitats.
Specimen BOCAS DEL TORO: Almirante, McDaniel 5071 (MO); Changuinola, Lewis et al. 800 (GH, MO, UC); Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel 1095 (MO), 2552 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Fort San Lorenzo, Burch et al. 1031b (MO); Fort Sherman, Duke 4371 (MO); Frijoles, Standley 27632 (US), Cocoli Road, Burch et a. 1400 (MO). CHIRIQUI: David airport, Lewis et al. 732 (GH, MO, US). DARIEN: El Real, Burch et al. 1062 (GH, MO, UC, US). PANAMA: San Jose I, Johnston 899 (GH).
 
 
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