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(Last Modified On 10/29/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/29/2012)
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Species
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CALATHEA PICTA Hook. f.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Mag. P1. 7674. 1899
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Reference
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Woodson & Schery in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29:334. 1942.
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Description
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Plants 1.0-1.5 m. tall, caulescent; leaves broadly oblong-elliptic, very shortly and abruptly acuminate, base rounded-subtruncate, 15-30 cm. long, 7-14 cm. broad, glabrous except the puberulent midrib above; petiole 0.3-1.0 cm. long, wholly callous; sheaths 10-15 cm. long, auriculate at the petiole, glabrous; spikes ellipsoid, 4-6 cm. long; peduncle 13-20 cm. long, glabrous; bracts about 5-10, widely spreading, chartaceous, glabrous, bronze-colored, broadly ovate-subreni- form, 1.5-2.0 cm. long, 2.0-2.5 cm. broad, shortly apiculate; flowers 5.0-5.5 cm. long, widely exserted, white.
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Distribution
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Panama; originally published from cultivated plants presumably obtained from Brazil. In Panama occurring in foothill and highland forest and thickets.
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Specimen
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COCLE: El Valle de Anton, Allen 1217; La Mesa, Allen 2331. PANAMA: Cerro Campana, Allen 2219.
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