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(Last Modified On 10/28/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/28/2012)
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Species
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NEOMARICA GRACILIS (Herb.) Sprague
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PlaceOfPublication
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Kew Bull. Misc. Inf. 1928:280. 1928.
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Synonym
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Marica gracilis Herb. in Bot. Mag. Ap. 37I3. 1840. Cypella gracilis (Herb.) Klatt in Mart. Fl. Bras. 31:521. 1871.
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Description
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Plants 6-8 dm. tall; leaves narrowly ensi- form, long-acuminate, gradually narrowed to a subpetiolar base, 4-7 dm. long, 1-2 cm. broad, with a single conspicuous midrib and numerous smaller parallel veins; flowering scape 3-5 dm. long, slightly winged below, conspicuously so above; terminal spathe leaf-like, 3-3.5 dm. long, 2-3 cm. broad, with a conspicuous mid- rib; flowering peduncle 1-3 cm. long, bearing 2-5 pretty white or blue flowers; perianth about 5 cm. in diameter, the spathes 1-3 cm. long; capsule oblong, about 2-3 cm. long.
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Distribution
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Mexico to northern Brazil, in wet lowland forests and savannas.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Old Bank Island, von Wedel 2i63. CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Ken- oyer 227; Summit, Lindsay 308; Balboa, Standley 28576. COCLE: El Valle, Allen 756. COLON: Tumba Vieja, Dodge, Steyermark d Allen 1693I.
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