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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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Forsteronia viridescens Blake
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PlaceOfPublication
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Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 80. 1917.
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Description
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Lianas, the younger stems and inflorescences ferrugineous-pubescent, lactifer- ous. Leaves opposite, glandular at the base of the midrib above, + elliptic, acute or shortly acuminate, obtuse basally, to 12.5 cm long and 6 cm wide, ? glabrous on both surfaces, subcoriaceous; petioles 2-5 mm long. Inflorescences thyrsiform, axillary and opposite or terminal, to 8 cm long. Flowers subsessile or with pedicels to 1.5 mm long; bracteole single, deltoid and keeled, 1-1.5 mm long, pubescent; calyx-lobes deltoid, somewhat keeled, ca. 1 mm long, pubescent, bearing 2 squa- mellae within; corolla subcampanulate, cream, softly pubescent externally, the tube ca. 1 mm long, with a ring of hairs near the orifice, the lobes oblong, ca. 2 mm long; stamens half-exserted, the filaments free, ca. 0.5 mm long, the an- thers ca. 1 mm long, slightly barbellate near the apex; ovary apocarpous, slightly papillate, nectaries concrescent, almost as high as the ovary, the stigma fusiform and acute. Follicles separate (?) slender, weakly moniliform, ferrugineous-to- mentulose, ca. 11-23 cm long; seeds 12-15 mm long.
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Habit
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Lianas
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Distribution
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Apparently only from Guatemala, British Honduras, and Panama.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: San Jose Island, Erlanson 339 (US), Johnston 581, 650 (both MO, US).
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Note
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In my opinion, there is some doubt about the distinction between Forsteronia viridescens and F. myriantha Donn. Sm.
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