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(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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Species
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GUATTERIA AMPLIFOLIA Tr. & PI
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Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 4. 17: 35. 1862
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Reference
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R. E. Fries, in Acta Hort. Berg. 12: 376, fig. 12, a. 1939.
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Description
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Branchlets glabrous. Leaf petioles 4-5 mm. long, rugose, glabrous; blades papyraceous, glabrous above, sparsely provided beneath with very short appressed hairs, elliptic or oblong-elliptic or ovate, rotundate and a little emarginate at the very base, more or less abruptly cuspidate, 20-40 cm. long and 7-12 cm. broad; lateral nerves 18-25 on each side, more or less impressed on the upper side. Flowers solitary or sometimes 2; pedicels sericeous, 1-1.5 cm. long. Sepals triangular-ovate, reflexed, sericeous outside, tomentellous inside, 6-8 mm. long. Petals ferruginous- tomentellous on both sides, oblong-lanceolate, finally oblong-obovate, rotundate at the apex, 15-18 mm. long, 8-12 mm. broad. Stamens 1.8 mm. long. Monocarps ellipsoidic-pyriform, rugose, apiculate, 8-9 mm. long and 5 mm. across; stipes 10-15 mm. long, rigid.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Chagres, Fendler 3; Lion Hill Station, Hayes 346; shores of Gatun Lake, Bangham 464; Barro Colorado Island: Barbour Point, Shattuck 406, and Chapman Trail, Starry 170, and Barbour-Lathrop Trail, Starry 325.
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