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(Last Modified On 4/10/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/10/2013)
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Species
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Mandevilla villosa (Miers) Woodson
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 70. 1932.
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Synonym
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Laseguea villosa Miers, Apoc. S. Amer. 250. 1878.
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Description
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Lianas, the younger parts pubescent, the hairs uniseriate, brown or white. Leaves opposite, sparsely glandular along the midrib, elliptic to obovate, acute to finely acuminate, shallowly cordate to auriculate basally, to 8 cm long and 4 cm
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Habit
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Lianas
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Description
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wide, glabrous to sparsely pubescent above, glabrous to densely softly pubescent beneath, membranaceous; petioles ca. 1-2 cm long, pubescent. Inflorescences racemose, irregular, axillary, the peduncles ca. 1-2 cm long. Flowers with the pedicels 2-4 mm long; bracts elongate-ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent on the margins and the inner surface, 1-3 cm long; calyx-lobes separate almost to the base, ? equal, deltoid, acuminate, ca. 1.5-2 mm long, each bearing 1 op- positely placed lacerate squamella; corolla salverform, weakly arcuate, yellow with a red or peach throat, the tube ca. 25-35 mm long, pubescent at the level of stamen attachment, the lobes~obliquely oblong, ca. 18-22 mm long and 8-11 mm wide, spreading; stamens ? included, borne near the orifice of the throat, the anthers ca. 2.5 mm long, the connective obtusely 2-lobed; nectaries ? con- crescent. Follicles somewhat moniliform, terete, sparsely pubescent, ca. 10-15 cm long; seeds awl-shaped, ca. 8 mm long.
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Distribution
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Southern Mexico, Central America, and Venezuela.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Chiriquicito to 5 mi. S along Rio Guarumo, Lewis et al. 1993 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Cerro Gordo, near Culebra, Pittier 3736 (F, MO, US). France Field, Stevens 1006 (MO). Fort Sherman, vicinity of Hill C-6, Duke 4362 (MO). Vicinity of Miraflores Lake, G. White 156 (MO). Sabanas along drowned Rio Azote Caballo, Dodge et al. s.n. (MO). COCLE: Between Las Margaritas & El Valle, Woodson et al. 1749 (MO). PANAMA: Thickets near Capira, Woodson et al. 1227 (MO). Pedro Gonzalez Island, Allen 2589 (MO). San Jose Island, Johnston 52 (MO).
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