(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 GRACILISPIcUM Trel.
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Genus Phoradendron 130. 1916.
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Note
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Trelease mentions a collection from Chiriqui. The following description is taken from the original
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Description
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Branches ancipital and rather persistently 2-keeled, the internodes 4-6 cm. long. Cataphylls only basal or followed by a second pair some 2 cm. higher. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-acute, the base cuneate, devoid of nerves, 10-16 cm. long, 2.5-4 cm. broad; petioles about 1 cm. long. Spikes often clustered, markedly slender, very long (to 7 cm.), reddish, showing about 10 thin joints some 12- flowered in 4 (6) series; peduncle 2 mm. long, often followed by 1 or 2 partly or wholly sterile joints, the scales ciliolate. Young fruit elongated, the tepals connivent.
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