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(Last Modified On 10/26/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/26/2012)
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Species
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SMILAX PANAMENSIS Morong
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Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 21:441. 1894.
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Synonym
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Smilax ramonensis Apt in Fedde Repert. Sp. Nov. 18:405. 1922.
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Description
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Stems terete, smooth, the lower armed with broad-based spines 2 cm. long, the upper unarmed; petioles up to 3 cm. long; leaf blades ovate-oblong or the upper lanceolate-oblong, up to 19 cm. long and 9.5 cm. wide, acute or obtuse at base, unarmed, 7-nerved, the outer nerves marginal, the secondary veins promi- nently reticulate; staminate umbels borne on short, bracteate, axillary branchlets, these often paired or clustered, the peduncle proper up to 2 cm. long, flattened; pedicels 5-8 mm. long; perianth segments 4-6 mm. long, 1.5-1.75 mm. wide; anthers 2-2.75 mm. long, slightly or much longer than the filaments; peduncles of pistillate umbels solitary or on short, bracteate, axillary branchlets, the peduncle proper up to 1.5 cm. long, flattened; staminodia 6; fruiting peduncles up to 2.5 cm. long, the pedicels 7-15 mm. long, bulbous at base; berries probably red, 7.5-10 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
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Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Gatun, Hayes 63 (TYPE); Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 699, Wetmore & Abbe i68. CHIRIQUI: Paso Ancho to Monte Lirio, Allen I584.
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