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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Species
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NECTANDRA HYPOGLAUCA Standley ex C. K. Allen
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PlaceOfPublication
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Jour. Arnold Arb. 26:399. 1945.
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Description
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Tree 15-21 m. high; branchlets fulvous-sericeous becoming gray, striate, early angled, later terete. Leaves alternate; petioles stout, pubescent, apparently 2 (-2.5) cm. long, actually only 3.4 mm. long; blades glabrous above except at the base of the costa, shining, pubescent and glaucous beneath, coriaceous, in the dried state olive-brown, obovate-elliptic, to 18 cm. long and 8 cm. broad, the base atten- uately cuneate, decurrent into the petiole, more or less strongly recurved through- out, making an apparent petiole, the apex rounded, slightly obtuse, or abruptly acuminate, penninerved, the costa slightly impressed above, rather elevated beneath, stout, the nerves 6-9 (or 10) pairs, scarcely elevated above, somewhat so beneath, more or less castaneous, diverging from the costa at an angle of 400, the reticula- tion conspicuous throughout on the upper surface. Inflorescence axillary, panicu- late, to 18 cm. long, bearing bracts in the early stages, densely fulvous-tomentose, the peduncles stout, striate, angled, to 8 cm. long. Flowers to 3.5 mm. long, the pedicels tomentose, to 4 mm. long, the perianth campanulate, densely fulvous- tomentose, canescent according to the collector, the lobes ovate, thick, obtuse, 2.5 mm. long; stamens of ser. I & II 1-1.25 mm. long, twice the length of the fila- ments, the anthers ovate, the connective one-third to one-half the length of the anthers; those of ser. III 1.25 (-1.7) mm. long, the anthers oblong, truncate, twice the length of the glands and filaments; staminodia broadly lanceolate, 0.8 mm. long; gynaecium glabrous, 1.7 (-3) mm. long, the ovary ovoid-globose or ellipsoid, twice the length of the style, the stigma triangular-peltate, conspicuous. Fruit in the dried state yellowish brown-maculate, obovoid-elliptic, conspicuously and obtusely apiculate, 2.2-2.5 X 1.6-2 cm., the subtending cupule campanulate, rugose, verrucose, glabrous, the margin slightly undulate, to 1 cm. long, 1.7 cm. in diameter and 5 mm. deep, the pedicel expanding to 15 mm. long and 5 mm. broad at the apex.
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Habit
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Tree
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Distribution
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Chiriqui, Panama
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Elevation
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1340 meters
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Specimen
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CHIRIQuf: Bajo Mona, Boquete, Davidson 53i.
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Note
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Outstanding for the robust branchlets and inflorescence covered with a fine but dense fulvous persistent tomentum, and the large coriaceous leaves that are shining above and glaucous-pubescent beneath.
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