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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 sensitiva Swartz,
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PlaceOfPublication
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Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 107. 1788.
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TYPE: based upon Plumier's pl. 149, fig. 2, Icones 1693 (MO).
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Description
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Herbs to 4 m tall; stems glabrous to glabrate below, fruiting branches glabrous to moderately hispidulous with glandular trichomes. Leaves 2-10 cm long, 10-40 foliolate, petiole and rachis hispidulous; leaflets oblong, obtuse to truncate, 4-15 mm long, 1.5-3.0 mm wide, the costae central, the nerves inconspicuous, mi- nutely punctate adaxially; stipules appendiculate below the point of attachment, caducous, 5-20 mm long, 1.5-5.0 mm wide, subentire, acute to acuminate above, truncate below, erose. Inflorescence racemose, axillary, 4-8 flowered; peduncles and pedicels subglabrous to densely hispidulous; bracts stipuliform, entire to ciliate-laciniate; bracteoles ovate, subacute, 1.5-5.0 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, en- tire to ciliate. Flowers yellow, 5-6 mm long; calyx 2-4 mm long, usually ciliate, vexillar lobe emarginate or subdenticulate, the cardinal lobe obscurely 3-dentate, standard 6-8 mm long, the claw 1.5-2.0 mm long, the blade suborbiculate, 4.5- 6.0 mm wide, ciliate, sometimes retuse, wings and keel subequal to the standard, the claws 0.5-1.0 mm long, blades 3.5-7.0 mm long, 2.5-3.5 mm wide; stamens 5-7 mm long. Fruit a loment, 5-8 (rarely -10) articulate, stipe 4-8 mm long, glabrous, articles 5-7 mm long, 4-7 mm wide, glabrous to sparsely hispid, smooth to verrucose, the upper margin of loment entire, the lower crenate to subentire; seeds 3-4 mm long, 2.5-3.0 mm wide, brown. Chromosomes: n = 10.
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Habit
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Herbs
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Distribution
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found primarily in wet sites at low elevations from the Antilles, southern Mexico, Central and South America, and has been intro- duced into the Old World tropics.
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Note
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It is distributed throughout Panama and is distinguished from its closest relative, A. pratensis var. caribaea by its smaller flowers and the absence of a suture between the stipe and the first article of the fruit. This species was not typified in the original protologue, but the Plumier illus- tration is presumably- an authentic representation of the species and was proposed as a lectotype by Rudd (1955).
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Chiriquicito to 5 mi S along Rio Guarumo, Lewis et al. 2091 (GH, MO, US). CANAL ZONE: Gamboa, Allen 1976 (GH, MO, US). Frijoles, Baltimer 1565, 1567 (both MO). Juan Mina, Bartlett & Lasser 16766 (GH, MO). Gamboa, Kennedy et al. 2324 (MO). Frijoles, Piper 5182 (US). Between Corozal and Anc6n, Pittier 2647 (GH, NY, US). BARRO COLORADO ISLAND: Bailey & Bailey 300 (F); Bangham 505 (A, F); Croat 4199 (MO, SCZ), 13232 (MO); Kenoyer 386 (US); Shattuck 624 (F, MO, US); Starry 256 (F); Wentmore & Abbe 215 (A, F, GH, MO); Woodworth & Vestal 401 (A, F, MO). COCLE: Ca. 2.5 km S of Ant6n on old road to Puerto Obaldia, Lasseigne 4296 (MO). Aguadulce, in savannas near sea level, Pittier 4918 (US). Between Las Margaritas and El Valle, Woodson et al. 1768 (US). COL6N: Miguel de la Borda, Croat 10019 (MO, PMA). Mouth of Rio Piedras, Lewis et al. 3180 (MO). Penonom6 and vicinity, 50-100 ft, Williams 130 (US). DARIEN: Without other locality, Macbride 2706 (F, MO, US). HERRERA: Oci, Ebinger 1049 (SCZ). PANAMA: Tocumen Airport, Dwyer 5603 (MO). Chagres, Fendler 100 (MO, US). Chilibre, Dwyer 11976 (MO). Las Sabanas, Heriberto 296 (US). San Jose Island, Johnston 910 (GH). N of Panama City, Paul 568 (US). Camino del Boticario near Chepo, Pittier 4568 (US). Laguna de Portala near Chepo, Pittier 4611 (US). Las Sabanas, Standley 25938 (US). Juan Franco race track, Standley 27818 (US). Old Las Cruces Trail between Ft. Clayton and Corozal, Standley 29092 (US). Juan Diaz, Standley 30514 (US). Nuevo San Francisco, Standley 30753 (US). Between Matias Herndndez and Juan Diaz, Stan- dley 31964 (US). Las Sabanas, Standley 40770 (US). Capitana, Taylor 26 (PMA).
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