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(Last Modified On 4/9/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/9/2013)
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Species
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Anechites nerium (Aubl.) Urban
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PlaceOfPublication
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Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 150. 1919.-FIG. 11.
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Synonym
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Apocynum nerium Aubl., Hist. P1. Gui. Fr. 1:277. 1775.
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Description
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Lianas, slender, the stems sparsely pubescent. Leaves ? elliptic, acute-acu- minate, obtuse to rounded basally, to 12 cm long and 6 cm wide, chartaceous, pubescent, the hairs on the upper surface stiff and with multicellular bases, softly pubescent at least on the midrib beneath; petioles to 3 cm long, glandular in the axils. Inflorescences racemose, few- to several-flowered, axillary, the peduncles ca. 9-12 cm long. Flowers with the pedicels ca. 5-15 mm long; calyx-lobes ovate- deltoid, ca. 1.5 mm long; corolla sparsely and softly pubescent externally, the tube ca. 4 mm long, pubescent within and slightly expanded at the level of stamen attachment, the lobes obliquely obovate, ca. 6-7 mm long; stamens attached near the middle of the corolla tube, the anthers ca. 0.8 mm long. "Follicles narrowly terete, 1-seeded by abortion, prolonged into a tapering sterile beak with ferru- ginous barbate hairs."
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Habit
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Lianas
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Distribution
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Parts of the West Indies, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Changuinola Valley, Dunlap 589 (F, US). Vicinity of Chiriqui La- goon, Pumpkin River, von Wedel 2570 (US); Garay Creek, von Wedel 2628 (MO, US); Water Valley, von Wedel 755 (US).
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Note
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The characteristic pubescence, stiff hairs with multicellular bases, and the one-seeded follicular fruits make Anechites nerium distinctive among the Pana- manian Apocynaceae.
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