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(Last Modified On 1/14/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/14/2013)
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Species
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PHORADENDRON UNDULATUM (Pohl) Eichl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mart. Fl. Bras. 5, pt. 2:122. 1868.
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Synonym
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Viscum undulatum Pohl, in DC. Prodr. 4:282. 1830.
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Description
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Yellow, with a brownish tint, moderately tall shrub hanging from trees. Branches ancipital and 2-keeled, especially toward the tips. Cataphylls a nearly basal pair followed by 2-3 additional ones, rather pointed. Leaves lanceolate, not rarely somewhat ovate, acuminate, under lens rugose, the nerves wanting, the margins callose-thickened and conspicuously undulate, 7-12 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide; petioles 3-8 mm. in length, canaliculate above. Spikes many times clustered, 2-5 cm. long, with 5-9 moderate joints; peduncle none or up to 8 mm. long; joints mostly 10-flowered in 2 ranks, 2-5 mm. long. Fruits round-ovoid, smooth, 3 mm. in diameter, the tepals slightly parted.
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Habit
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shrub
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Note
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Another interesting finding of a plant, previously known only from Brazil, in Panama. The excellent specimen, mentioned below, minutely examined and compared with several Brazilian ones, agrees even in the smallest details as, for instance, in the callose-margined and finely verrucose leaves.
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Distribution
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Brazil, Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: pastures around El Boquete, Pittier 2932.
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Note
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Ph. gracilispicum Trel. is to be distinguished from the above by it longer, slender and many-jointed spikes.
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