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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 BONARIENSIS Lam.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Encyc. 3:153. 1789.
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Synonym
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Hydrocotyle multiflora R. & P. Fl. Per. 3:24. 1802. Hydrocotyle yucatanensis Millsp. Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 2:81. 1900.
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Description
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Stems slender; leaves 1-12 cm. in diameter, shallowly 12-19-lobed, the lobes crenate, glabrous, the petiole 2-38 cm. long, glabrous; peduncles glabrous, longer than the leaves; rays glabrous, 2-20 mm. long; fruit ellipsoid, 1-2 mm. long, 2-4 mm. broad, the ribs acute.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Chagres, Fendler I32. COLON: vicinity of Camp Pina, 25 m., Allen 3593.
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Distribution
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Although originally known from Montevideo and Buenos Aires, this is now reported widely from the warmer parts of the New World.
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Note
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Its proliferous inflorescence in company with peltate leaves is quite distinctive.
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