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(Last Modified On 3/18/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/18/2013)
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Species
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Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
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Sp. P1. 1006, 1753.-Fig. 5.
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Synonym
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Jatropha staphysagrifolia Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 8, 1768.
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Description
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Subshrub or robust herb 1-2 m high, stems softly woody; branches glabrous. Leaves with petioles cylindric, 3-6 cm long, with branched glandular setae similar to those of the stipules; stipules parted to base into 2-4 slender branched glandulif- erous setae ca 3-5 mm long; blades 3-5-lobed halfway to the base or more, 5-8 cm long, mostly 7-15 cm broad, palmatinerved, ? cordate at base, the lobes oblong or elliptic, acute or short-acuminate at the tip, closely glandular-denticulate along margins, pinnately veined. Dichasia terminal on branches, with lateral axes alternate; peduncle minutely puberulent, ca 2-4 cm long; bracts lanceolate, acumi- nate, glandular-ciliate, the lower ones 8-12 mm long. Staminate flowers with pedicels less than 2 mm long; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with stalked capitate glands on margins, distinctly imbricate, 2-4(-5) mm long; petals obovate, dark reddish or purplish-red, ca 3-5 mm long; stamens 8, the filaments 2.2-3 mm long, connate or strongly coherent in the lower 1/3, the anthers ovate, 0.5-0.7 mm long; pistillode absent. Pistillate flowers with pedicels less than 5 mm long, puberulent; calyx-lobes similar to staminate but puberulent and becoming larger (5-7 mm long); ovary pubescent, the styles slender, ca 1.5 mm long, dilated into emarginate stigmata. Capsules subglobose, 3-sulcate, ca 1 cm in diam, glabrescent, slightly verruculose; seeds dark grayish, with small black specks, mottled grayish- and brown, or dark chestnut brown, slightly compressed, 5.5-7.3 mm long, the caruncle massive, deeply laciniate, 1.2-1.9 mm long, 2.1-3.3 mm broad.
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Habit
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Subshrub herb
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Distribution
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Wipespread in disturbed areas in tropical America; also introduced into the Old World.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: vic of Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel 2919 (MO); Isla Col6n, von Wedel 495 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Las Cruces trail, Hunter & Allen 666 (MO). CHIRIQUI: El Boquete, Pittier 3124 (US). HERRERA: Pese Allen 800 (MO); road from Chitre to Divisa, Burch et al. 1366 (MO). LOS SANTOS: Playa de La Concepci6n, Burch et al. 1260 (MO). PANAMA: Isla Taboga, Woodson et al. 1529 (F, MO); nr beach at Nueva Gorgona, Duke 4495 (MO).
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