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(Last Modified On 1/11/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/11/2013)
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Species
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HYDROCOTYLE UMBELLATA L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 234. 1753.
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Synonym
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Hydrocotyle umbellulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1:161. 1803. Hydrocotyle polystachya A. Rich. Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. 4:171. 1820. Hydrocotyle petiolaris DC. Prodr. 4:60. 1830. Hydrocotyle fluitans DC. Prodr. 4:69. 1830. Hydrocotyle scaposa Steud. Flora 26:763. 1843.
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Description
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Stems slender or succulent; leaves 5-75 mm. in diameter, crenate or crenately lobed, glabrous, the petiole 0.5-40 cm. long, glabrous; peduncles glabrous, usually longer than the leaves; rays glabrous, 2-25 mm. long; fruit ellipsoid, 1-2 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, the ribs obtuse.
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Specimen
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Valley of Rio Panduro, 1500 m., Killip 3577. BOCAS DEL TORO: Isla Colon, vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel 2955. CANAL ZONE: Balboa, weed in Powell's garden, Standley 28,557; Barro Colorado Island, Wilson 57, Woodworth & Vestal 565; Matachui to Las Cascadas, Cowell 356. CHIRIQUI: Chiquero, Boquete District, 5500 feet, Davidson 547; Finca Lerida to Boquete, 1300-1700 m., WXoodson, Allen & Seibert II5I; vicinity of El Valle de Anton, ca. 600 m., Allen i9gi; on way to "Palo Alto" (Sierra del Boquete), 4700 feet, Bro. Maurice 856. COCLE: El Valle de Anton and vicinity, 5 00-700 m., Seibert 447; Penonome and vicinity, 50-1000 feet, Williams 403. PANAMA: Corozal Road near Panama', Standley 26,819.
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Distribution
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Wet places throughout the temperate and warmer Americas, and apparently adventive elsewhere.
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