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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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ROTALA RAMOSIOR (L.) Koehne
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mart Fl. Bras. 132:194, t. 39, fig. I. 1877.
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Synonym
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Ammannia ramosior L. Spec. P1. ed. 1. 1:120. 1753. Ammannia humilis Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1:99. 1803. Boykinia humilis (Michx.) Raf. Aut. Bot. 9. 1817. Ammannia ramosa J. Hill, -in Veg. Syst. 11:14. 1824. Peplis occidentalis Spreng. Syst. 2:135. 1825. Ammannia catholica Cham. & Schlechtd. in Linnaea 2:378. 1827. Ammannia occidentalis DC. Prod. 3:78. 1828. Ammannia monoflora Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1. 1:64. 1837. Ammannia dentif era A. Gray, P1. Wright. 2: 5 5. 1 8 5 3. Rotala ramosior var. interior Fernald & Griscom, in Rhodora 37:169, tab. 345, figs. I d 2. 1935. Rotala ramosior var. dentifera (A. Gray) Lundell, in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 69:395. 1942.
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Description
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Erect palustrine herbs to 3.5 dm. tall; branches somewhat angular at least toward the apex. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex, cuneate to attenuate-cuneate at the base, 0.7-3.7 cm. long, 0.1-0.8 cm. wide. Flowers sessile, subtended by 2 linear bracts to 5 mm. long, 0.75 mm. wide. Hypanthium urceolate, 2.75-3.0 mm. long, 1.5-2.0 mm. broad at the orifice; calyx lobes broadly deltoid. Petals 0.7-1.25 mm. long, 0.6-0.75 mm. wide, white. Stamens as many as calyx lobes, minute, the anthers ovoid, about 0.3 mm. long, 0.3 mm. wide, the filaments to 1 mm. long. Ovary globose, 1.5-2.0 mm. long, sessile; style 0.2-0.5 mm. long. Seeds orbicular, about 0.25 mm. in diameter.
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Habit
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herbs
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Distribution
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The United States, Central America, Antilles, Ecuador, Brazil, Philippine Islands.
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Specimen
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CANAL zoNE: along the old Las Cruces Trail, between Fort Clayton and Corozal, Standley 29053. PANAMA: near Matias Hernandez, Standley 28936, 28987; between Matias Hernandez and Juan Diaz, Standley 3i996, 32013; Juan Diaz, Standley 305I2, Killip 3273.
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