(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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Calopogonium galactioides (H.B.K.) Hemsl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Biol. Centr. Amer., Bot. 1: 301. 1880.
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Synonym
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Glycine? galactioides H.B.K., Nov. Gen. Sp. P1. 6:427. 1823. TYPE: Venezuela, not seen. Stenolobium galactoides Benth.; Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 125. 1838. TYPE: not seen. Galactia belizensis Standley, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 133. 1932 fide Standley & Steyer- mark 24(5): 172. 1946. TYPE: British Honduras, Bartlett 11449 (F, not seen).
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Description
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Slender climbing vine; stems villous with ascending yellowish hairs, glabres- cent. Leaves pinnate trifoliolate, the leaflets ovate or elliptical, mostly 2-4 cm long, 1.3-2 cm wide, obtuse at both ends, mucronate, the costa prominent above with ca. 4 arcuate veins on each side, glabrate above, appressed pilose beneath; petiolules 1-1.5 mm long, drying dark, pubescent; rachis to 9 mm long; petiole often longer than the terminal leaflet; stipels to 1 mm long pilose, caducous; stipules pilose. Inflorescences axillary fascicles of 2-5 flowers; pedicels ca. 5 mm long, puberulent; bracteoles 1-2 mm long, subulate, pubescent. Flowers white, pink or purplish, calyx ca. 5 mm long, villous hispid with coarse hairs, divided about halfway, the teeth acuminate subulate; corolla pilose outside, the standard emarginate, about twice as long as the calyx. Fruit linear oblong, 2-3 cm long, ca. 3 mm wide, nearly straight, compressed, falsely septate between the seeds, the beak 1-2 mm long, nearly straight; seeds plump, rectangular, dull greenish, 3 mm long, the hilum circular, located on one edge.
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Habit
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vine
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Note
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Calopogonium galactioides is amply distinct in a number of ways: fasciculate inflorescences, pilose corolla, and glabrous leaflet uppersides as well as in overall appearance which is of a delicate, small leaved vine. It is known in Panama only from western Chiriqui.
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Distribution
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ranges from southern Mexico to northern South America.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Cuesta de Piedras, 730 m, Burt & Koster 161 (MO, SCZ). San Bartolo Limite near Costa Rican border, 12 mi W of Puerto Armuelles, 400-500 m, Croat 22193 (F, GH, MO, NY). Volcan de Chiriqui, Boquete District, 7000 ft, Davidson 963 (GH, MO).
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