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(Last Modified On 11/26/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/26/2012)
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Species
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BAUHINIA PAULETIA Pers.
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Syn. P1. 1:455. 1805.
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Synonym
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Pauletia aculeata Cav. Ic. 5:6, pI. 4IO. 1799. Bauhinia spinosa Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 1:599. 1810. Bauhinia panaimensis Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2:334. 1825. Bauhinia parvifolia Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald, 113. 1852-7, non Hochst., fide Ind. Kew. Bauhinia c1horantha Brandeg. in Zoe 5:200. 1905. Bauhinia longiflora Rose, in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10:97. 1906.
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Description
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Shrub or small tree to 6 m. tall, branchlets pubescent, armed with stout prickles at the base of the petioles. Leaves ovate-orbicular, up to 6 cm. long and broad, pubescent to glabrous (especially above), rounded to truncate basally, cleft apically up to I/2 the length of the leaf, lobes rounded-obtuse; petioles short, pubescent, about 1 cm. long, callused at insertion of leaf; stipules linear. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, up to 25 cm. long. Flower large, greenish, up to 10 cm. long; calyx elongated spathaceous, tube about 1.5 cm. long; petals linear-elongated, up to 10? cm. long; fertile stamens 5, about 10 cm. long, with 5 smaller, narrower staminodes alternate with them; anthers linear, subbasally attached, sagittate basally, short-acuminate apically, about 2.5 cm. long or longer; ovary stipitate, pubescent; legume linear, compressed, long-stipitate, pubescent, up to 25 cm. long and 1.5 cm. wide.
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Distribution
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Mexico to northern South America.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: vicinity of Miraflores Lake, Pittier 2202, P. White 268. HERRERA: vicinity of Chitre, Allen io86. PANAMA: Juan Diaz, Standley 30498; Las Sabanas, Standley 2584I, 3I801; Matias Hernandez, Pittier 680I, Standley 289I4. PROV. UN- KNOWN: without locality, Seernaun 223.
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