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(Last Modified On 10/3/2013)
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(Last Modified On 10/3/2013)
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Species
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Bunchosia tutensis Dobson
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PlaceOfPublication
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Brittonia 29: 188. 1977.
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Note
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TYPE: Panama, Mori & Kallunki 5263 (MO-2288039, holotype)
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Description
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Shrub or small tree, 2-3 m tall, to 8 cm d.b.h; stems sparsely and inconspic- uously appressed-pubescent, the trichomes very short, T-shaped. Leaves oppo- site, coriaceous, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, acute to gradually acuminate at the apex, attenuate at the base, 4.0-9.5 cm long, 1.5-3.0 cm wide, both surfaces minutely and densely reddish-brown, glandular dotted upon magnification, the upper surface glabrous except sparsely appressed-pubescent along the midrib, the lower surface almost glabrous or sparsely appressed-pubescent with 1 or more pairs of sunken, plate-shaped glands near the base and with others scattered elsewhere on the blade, especially near the major veins, the margin revolute, the primary lateral veins 2-4 pairs, mostly arising in the lower ?3 of the blade, then markedly ascending to near the apex; petioles almost glabrous or sparsely ap- pressed-pubescent, 8-11 mm long. Pseudoracemes axillary, 6-7-flowered, 4-7 cm long, the axis inconspicuously and sparsely appressed-pubescent, the tri- chomes thick; bracts narrowly triangular, thick, sparsely pubescent, the brac- teoles similar. Flowers not studied; fruiting calyx with 6-8 glands, several of them the result of fusion of 2 glands, the glands narrowly obovate, 3.5-4.5 mm long, the calyx obtuse at the apex, glabrous to sparsely and inconspicuously appressed-pubescent, ciliate. Fruits obovoid to ovoid, ca. 1 cm long, reddish- orange, glabrous.
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Habit
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Shrub or small tree
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Note
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Bunchosia tutensis is recognized by its small, nearly glabrous, narrowly ellip- tic-lanceolate, coriaceous leaves and 3-locular fruits. This species has been collected in March and June in fruit.
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Distribution
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endemic to Panama
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Native
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Panama
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Note
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collected only in lower montane rain forest at about 1,000 meters.
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Elevation
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1,000 m
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Specimen
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ERAGUAS: Cerro Tute, Mori 6761 (MICH, MO, US). NW of Santa Fe, 2 km from Escuela Agricola Alto de Piedra, Mori & Kallunki 5263 (MO, US).
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