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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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CUPHEA UTRICULOSA Koehne
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Mart. Fl. Bras. 132:452. 1877.
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Synonym
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Cuphea gracilis acc. to Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 121. 1852-57, not Benth. Cuphea panamensis Hemsl. Diagn. PI. Nov. Mex. 3:52. 1880. Cuphea utriculosa var. panamensis (Hernsl.) Koehne, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 1:452. 1881. Cuphea utriculosa var. donnell-smithii Koehne, in Bot. Gaz. 18:203. 1893. Cuphea utriculosa var. a forma communis Koehne, in Engl. Pflanzenr. 4:108. 1903. Cuphea utriculosa var. a forma ciliifolia Koehne, loc. cit. 1903. Parsonsia utriculosa Standl. in Contrib. U. S. NatI. Herb. 23:1017. 1924.
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Description
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Erect slender herbs to 4 dm. tall, sometimes subligneous near the base; branches with minutely tomentose lines decurrent from the paired nodes above. Leaves oblong-elliptic, acute at the apex, cuneate-attenuate at the base, 0.4-6.0 cm. long, 0.2-1.1 cm. wide, sessile or subsessile, both surfaces glabrous, the primary lateral veins inconspicuous, the margin minutely ciliate. Flowers decussate, solitary; pedicels 4-13 mm. long, bracteoles absent. Hypanthium subampullaceous, 5.5- 8.0 mm. long, median diameter 1.5-2.5 mm., transverse at the orifice, gibbous at the base, minutely puberulent, the posterior calyx lobe enlarged. Petals 6, the 2 posterior 2.5-4.5 mm. long, 1.5-2.0 mm. wide, the 2 anterior 3.0-5.5 mm. long, 1.5-2.5 mm. wide; violet. Stamens 11, the anterior 9 equal, included, the lower half of the filaments pubescent; disc cupuliform, split anteriorly. Ovary broadly ovoid, 2.5-3.25 mm. long, villous; style 1-2 mm. long, villous, included. Seeds 24-36, suborbicular, around 1 mm. long, 0.75 mm. wide, emarginate.
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herbs
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Distribution
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Southern Mexico to Panama in moist habitats.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: near Fort Randolph, Standley 29848; drowned forest of Quebrada Bonita, 70-80 m., Dodge d Allen s. n.; drowned forest of Quebrada Culebra, 70-75 m., Dodge d Allen 17049; Chivi-Chivi River, near Aguarubia, Killip 3366; forest between Peluca Hydrographic Station and Quebrada Peluca, along Rio Boqueron, 70- m., Steyer- mark & Allen I7233; drowned forest of Quebrada Ancha, 70 m., Steyermark d Allen s. n.; Rio Paraiso above East Paraiso, Standley 29877. COCLE: vicinity of Ola, alt. 100-350 m., Pittier 5032; Bismarck, 2000-3000 ft. elev., above Penonome, Williams 264. PANAMA: Rio La Maestra, 0-25 m., Allen 30.
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