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(Last Modified On 8/8/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/8/2013)
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Species
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Nautilocalyx panamensis (Seem.) Seem.
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Bot. Voy. Herald, S(ppl. 250. 1854.
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Synonym
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Scheeria panameisis Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald 185. 1854. TYPE: Panama[, Seemann 235 (BM, bolotype; MO, photo). Achimenes panamensis (Seem.) Hemsl. in Godm. & Salv., Biol. Cent. Amer., Bot. 2: 475. 1882. Episcia inclinata T. S. Brandeg., Univ. Calif. Pobl. Bot. 6: 63. 1914. TYPE: Finca Mexiquito, Cbiapas, MFxico, Purpus 6851 (UC, bolotype, not seen; MO, isotype). Episcia panamensis (Seem.) Morton, A eta Bot. Venez)elica 2(2): 71. 1966.
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Description
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Terrestrial herbs; stems succulent and brittle, erect, to 40 cm tall, the inter- nodes reddish or green, pilose. Leaves nearly equal in a pair, more or less ovate, 6-19 cm long, 2.5-9.5 cm wide, thin, the apex acute to acuminate, the base acute, rounded or cordate, sometimes oblique, crenate to serrate, above light green, pilose, below lighter green, strigose along the veins; petioles slender, to 6 cm long, long pilose. Inflorescences axillary, of few-flowered clusters; peduncles lacking; pedicels to 2 cm long, pilose; calyx lobes resembling small leaves, free almost to the base, unequal, lanceolate to ovate, 1-2 cm long, serrate, green, pilose; corolla completely white, or white with pink lines in the tube, tubular, ca. 4 cm long, the base spurred, 3-5 mm wide, gradually broader to ca. 1 cm wide at the throat, linear grooves on the lower side of the tube, outside pilose, the limb somewhat spreading, lobes semiorbicular, 5-7 mm long, 7-10 mm wide, toothed; stamens at first nearly reaching the mouth of the corolla tube, after pollen shedding the filaments coiled, the anthers oblong, 1-2 mm long; gland single; ovary sericeous, the style glandular pilose, elongating as the fila- ments coil, 12-16 mm long; stigma bilobed. Capsule globose to oblate, ca. 1 cm wide, pilose; seeds ellipsoid to globose, surrounded at the base by fleshy funicle, striate, slightly twisted, dark brown. Chromosomes n = 9 (Wiehler, 1972, based on plants from Mexico).
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Habit
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herbs
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Note
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Nautilocalyx panamensis is common in the Canal Zone, especially on Barro Colorado Island, in open or shaded damp areas. The species is also found in the provinces of Darien and Panama,
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Distribution
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Panama, Mexico and Colombia.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Aviles 32 (F); Bailey & Bailey 366 (BH); Bang- ham 550 (F, US); Croat 4126 (MO), 4338 (DUKE, F, MO, NY, SCZ), 6195 (F, MO, SCZ), 11678, 11787 (both MO, US), 11814 (MO); Ebinger 225 (F, MO, US), 568 (F, MO, NY, US); Kenoyer 539 (US); Killip 39974 (US); Shattuck 221 (F, MO), 1168 (F, MO, US); Standley 40810, 41060 (both US); Starry 34 (MO), 321 (MO, SCZ); Weaver & Foster 1447 (DUKE, PMA). Cerro Viejo off of K16C, Blum 1243 (FSU, SCZ). Madden Forest, Las Cruces Trail, Gentry 1386 (MO, SCZ). Navy reservation N of Gamboa, Pipeline Road, marker 75, Kennedy 460 (MO, PMA). 6 mi N Gamboa on ridge of Rio Frijole, Tyson 1522 (FSU, MO, SCZ). 5 mi NW Cocoli, 500 ft, Tyson 1612 (SCZ). Pipeline Road, Witherspoon & Witherspoon 8398 (MO, US), 8629 (MO). DARIEN: Gold mine at Canai, 500-600 m, Croat 37586 (MO). Cocalito near Panama-Colombia border, Pacific side, Dwyer 4389A, 4398B (both MO). PANAMA: Tributary of Rio Chagres 5 mi SW of Cerro Brewster, 1000 ft, Lewis et al. 3401 (DUKE, MO, SCZ). Arenoso, lower Rio Trinidad, 26-50 m, Seibert 620 (MO, US).
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