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(Last Modified On 9/24/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/24/2013)
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Species
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Aeschynomene rudis Benth.
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PlaceOfPublication
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P1. Hartw. 116. 1843.
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Note
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TYPE: Ecuador, Guayas, Guayaquil, Hartweg 649 (K, not seen).
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Description
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Shrubby herb, 1-2 m tall, sparsely hispid. Leaves 4-10 cm long, 30-40 fo- liolate, petiole and rachis hispidulous; leaflets oblong, rounded to truncate; slight- ly asymmetrical basally, 8-10 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous, the costae cen- tral, entire, micropunctate adaxially; stipules 7-15 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, the upper portion acute, the lower 2-3 mm long, rounded, entire. Inflorescence ra- cemose, few flowered, axillary; peduncles and pedicels hispidulous; bracts sub- ovate, acute, 3-4 mm long, 1.5-2.0 mm wide, ciliate; bracteoles ovate-oblong, acute, 2-3 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide, ciliate. Flowers yellow, (8-)10-15 mm long; calyx 5-8 mm long; the standard ca. 14 mm long, the claw 2 mm long, the blade orbiculate, ca. 12 mm in diameter, retuse; the wings ca. 10 mm long, the claw ca. 1 mm long, the blade ca. 9 mm long, 5-6 mm wide; the keel petals ca. 10 mm long, 3 mm wide; stamens ca. 12 mm long. Fruit 6-10 articulate, the upper edge essentially entire, the lower edge crenate to subentire, the stipe glabrous, 3-6 mm long, the articles 4-6 mm in diameter, moderately hispid, usually muricate or verrucose at the center; seeds ca. 3 mm long, 2 mm wide, black.
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Habit
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herb
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Note
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Aeschynomene rudis is principally found in moist or wet places in tropical and warm temperate America,
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Distribution
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ranging from the United States to Argentina.
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Note
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apparently rare in Panama, with no collections known from the last 25 years. It might be confused with A. ciliata from which it is distinguished by several char- acters as indicated in the key to species.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: NE of Hacienda la Joya, Dodge et al. 16913 (MO).
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