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(Last Modified On 12/18/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/18/2012)
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Species
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AMMANNIA LATIFOLIA L.
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Spec. P1. ed. 1. 1: 1 19. 1753.
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Synonym
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Ammannia lythrifolia Salisb. Prodr. 65, 1796. Isnardia subhastata Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 1:66, t. 86. 1798. Jussiaea sagittata Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 3:198. 1818. Ammannia ramosior Ell. Sketch 1:219. 1821. Ammannia pallida Lehm. in Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamburg 3. 1823. Ammannia sagittata DC. Prodr. 3:80. 1828. Ammannia bastataDC. oc. cit. 78. 1828. Ammannia humilis var. j3 Torr. & Gray, in Fl. N. Amer. 1:480. 1838-1840. Ammannia catholica Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voy. 289. 1841, acc. Seemann. Ammannia lingulata Griseb. Cat. P1. Cub. 106. 1866. Ludwigia scabriuscula Kellogg, in Proc. Calif. Acad. 7:78. 1876.
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Description
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Erect slender herbs to 4.5 dm. tall, glabrous throughout. Leaves sessile, nar- rowly oblong-lanceolate, acute at the apex, auriculate-amplexicaul at the base, 3.0- 8.5 cm. long, 0.4-1.3 cm. wide, the primary lateral veins and submarginal vein obscure. Inflorescence spiciform, leafy-bracted, intercalary, the flowers in rela- tively distant, subsessile, 1- to 3-flowered minutely bracteolate cymes. Hypanthium urceolate, appendiculate, becoming globose in fruit, 2.4-4.0 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad at the orifice, the calyx lobes broadly deltoid. Petals absent. Stamens included, the filaments glabrous, the anthers about 0.25 mm. long. Ovary ovoid, 1.5-3.5 mm. long, 1.0-2.5 mm. in diameter, glabrous; style about 0.5 mm. long.
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Habit
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herbs
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Distribution
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Southern United States, Central and South America, Antilles.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Bella Vista, at sea level, Killip 12031.
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