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(Last Modified On 9/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/30/2013)
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Species
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Galactia latisiliqua Desv.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Sci. Nat. 9: 414. 1826.
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SYNTYPES: ? Peru, Dombey; Sine loc. ex don. Lavallee (both P, neither seen).
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Description
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Wiry perennial herb or suffrutex, erect or ascending, apically somewhat scan- dent, rooting from a short slender tap root, branching at the ground and only sparingly above; stems densely pubescent, tardily glabrescent. Leaves pinnate, trifoliolate, the leaflets alike, the lateral pair slightly smaller, thick, ovate, mostly (Panama) 1.5-2.5 cm long, apically rounded, mucronate, basally rounded or ob- tuse, the veins 3-5 on each side, prominent beneath, above ascending pilose to glabrous, beneath pilose to appressed pubescent; petiolules 1-1.5 mm long, drying
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Habit
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herb
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Description
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dark, pubescent; rachis to 3 mm long; petioles shorter or longer than the terminal leaflet. Inflorescence lax, few flowered, to 3 cm long, peduncle slender, puber- ulent; pedicels 1-2 mm long, glabrate; bracts ca. 1 mm long, pubescent. Flowers pink, ca. 7 mm long, the calyx pubescent, 4-fid about 2/3 way down, the standard longer than the wings, erect. Legume flat, oblong, slightly falcate, 3-4 cm long, ca. 5 mm wide, softly pubescent on the sides, the margin straight, the valves slightly compressed between the seeds, tardily dehiscent, ultimately curling; seeds 6-10, brown and mottled, compressed ovoid, 3-4 mm long.
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This species may be distinguished by its non-climbing habit. Galactia latisi- liqua is a South American species hitherto reaching only as far north as Colombia (Santander) and Guyana. Material from Panama is doubtfully identified with this species as material seen from South America is more pubescent and has some- what larger leaves than the plants from Panama. It is possible that the Panamanian collections represent depauperate individuals of G. striata. They are smaller in most parts than material of G. striata seen from many countries. All Panamanian collections were made in the Pacific lowlands of western Panama during the dry season.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUf: Roadside, Veladero, 0-100 m, Burt & Koster 126 (MO). Concepci6n, Burt & Koster 143 (MO). Gualaca nursery bed, 0-100 m, Koster 174 (MO). VERAGUAS: Trail between Cafiazas and Cordillera Central, 300-600 m, Allen 192 (MO).
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