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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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Odontadenia puncticulosa (L. Rich.) Pulle
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PlaceOfPublication
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Enum. P1. Surinam 383. 1906.-FIG. 24A.
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Synonym
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Echites puncticulosa L. Rich., Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 107. 1792.
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Description
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Lianas, the mature stems lenticellate and glabrous, the younger stems softly puberulent. Leaves ovate to sometimes elliptic, shortly acuminate, slightly rounded basally, to 21 cm long and 11 cm wide, ? glabrous, subcoriaceous; petioles stout, to 1.5 cm long, stipules 2, broadly ovate, softly puberulent, ca. 2-3 mm long. Inflorescences thyrsiform, axillary and opposite, or terminal. Flowers with the pedicels to 3 cm long; bracteoles ovate, puberulent, ca. 3-4 mm long; calyx- lobes unequal, ovate to ovate-oblong, 4-8 mm long, pubescent, the margins fimbriolate, each bearing several alternately placed squamellae within; corolla in- fundibuliform, green and white, minutely papillate externally, especially so in
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Habit
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Lianas
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Description
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bud, the tube proper ca. 15 mm long, pubescent near the apex, the throat only weakly expanded, ca. 30-35 mm long, the lobes broadly ovate, ca. 20 mm long; stamens wholly included, attached at the base of the corolla throat, the filaments short, pubescent, the anthers ca. 5-6 mm long, pubescent dorsally; ovary puberu- lent, the nectaries concrescent, entire, covering the ovary, the styles appearing almost separate, the stigma ? fusiform. Folicles terete, stout, puberulent, ca. 9 cm long; seeds ca. 12-14 mm long.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Panama, Surinam, and Brazil.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Islands, Croat 8633 (MO), Kenoyer 502 (US). COLON: Santa Rita Ridge between Transisthmian Highway and end of road, Porter et al. 4733 (MO).
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