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(Last Modified On 4/8/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/8/2013)
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Species
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Bonafousia undulata (Vahl) A. D.C.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Prodr. 8: 359. 1844.
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Synonym
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Tabernaemontana undulata Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 2: 20. 1798.
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Description
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Shrubs, to ca. 3 m, glabrous, the stems terete. Leaves elliptic, acute, the margins undulate, obtuse basally, to 13 cm long and 5 cm wide, glabrous, firmly membranaceous, lustrous above and dull beneath; petioles indistinct, to ca. 1 cm long, weakly perfoliate, glandular in the axils. Inflorescences cymose, axillary (?), few-flowered. Flowers with the pedicels ca. 2-10 mm long; bracteoles not apparent; calyx-lobes slightly unequal, oblong-ovate, ca. 3-4 mm long; corolla salverform, rose to pink, the tube ca. 23 mm long, the lobes oblong-obovate (?); stamens included, attached ca. 2/3 the distance from the base, the anthers ca. 4 mm long; nectary adnate to the ovary, the stigma umbraculiform below and pentagonal above. Fruits unknown for Panama.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Distribution
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Panama, Trinidad, Guyana, nothern Brazil, and eastern Peru.
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Specimen
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COLON: Santa Rita Ridge, ca. 10 mi. from Transisthmian Highway, Porter et al. 4815 (MO).
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Note
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Bonafousia undulata has never been reported from this far north before. Nevertheless I am fairly certain of the identity of this collection after a comparison with the type, Ryan s.n. (C, photo AMO). The reduced description is due to a paucity of material.
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