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(Last Modified On 5/29/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/29/2013)
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Species
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Voyria truncata (Standl.) Standl. & Steyerm.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 78. 1944.
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Synonym
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Leiphaimos truncatus Standl., Contr. U. S. Nati. Herb. 20: 196. 1919. Voyria allenii Steyerm., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 460. 1941.
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Description
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Herb to 18 cm high; the stem erect, stout, simple to few-branched, glabrous. Scales dull red, thin-cartilaginous (when dry), the opposite scales connate for 1/2-2/3 their length at the base, the cauline scales broadly to very broadly ovate, obtuse to rounded apically, 3-5 mm long, minutely ciliolate along the margins, the upper cauline scales somewhat shorter to somewhat longer than the inter- nodes, the lower scales much shorter than the internodes. Flowers solitary, 5- merous, the pedicels thick, 4-9 mm long; calyx campanulate, 4.5-6 mm long, the lobes broadly ovate, obtuse apically, 1-3 mm long, minutely ciliolate along the margins; corolla pale yellow, cream-colored, bright pink, or purplish-laven- der, to 5.5 cm long, the tube cylindric, scarcely dilated at the throat, 3-4 cm long, inconspicuously puberulous without towards the apex, the lobes spread- ing, ovate, obtuse apically, 7-15 mm long, inconspicuously ciliolate along the margins, inconspicuously puberulous within especially towards the base; stamens inserted in the upper half of the corolla tube, ca. 3-7 mm below the throat, the filaments short, 0.5-1 mm long, the anthers coherent, broadly oblong to sub- globose, exappendiculate, to 1.3 mm long; gynoecium to 3.6 cm long, the ovary sessile, oblong, truncate apically, to 8-9 mm long, glabrous, eglandular, the style filiform, to 2.7 mm long, the stigma capitate-peltate, the margins sinuate. Capsule to 1.5 cm long and 5 mm in diameter; seeds wingless.
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Habit
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Herb
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Distribution
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Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama
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Note
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very close to the Colombian V. mac- rantha Killip.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Old Bank Island, Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 2159 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Wheeler Trail, 960 m marker, Croat 4296a (MO). Forest along road to Battery VII, Johnston 1728 (A). COCLE: Hills N of El Valle de Anton, dense shade, 800 m, Allen 2240 (F, holotype of V. allenii). Cerro Pajita, hills N of El Valle, terrestrial, 1100 m, Allen 3783 (MO). N rim of El Valle de Anton, near Cerro Turega, terrestrial, 650-700 m, Woodson & Schery 190 (MO). PANAMA: Cerro Campana, 100l0 m, Allen 2416 (GH). SAN BLAS: High hills back of Puerto Obaldia, 50-200 mn, Pittier 4306a (US, holotype).
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