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(Last Modified On 4/5/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/5/2013)
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Species
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Maregravia atropunctata de Roon
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PlaceOfPublication
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Acta Bot. Neerl. 18: 197. p1. 2. 1969.
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Description
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Epiphytic climbing shrub, the flowering branchlets quadrangular, with rows of lenticels. Leaves large, the petioles 5-10 mm long and 2-3 mm wide, canalicu- late above; blade elliptic-oblong, 12-18 cm long and 6-9.5 cm wide, acu- minate apically, the acumen 0.5-1 cm long, obtuse or rounded basally, rigidly coriaceous, the midrib stout, as the lateral veins prominent on both sides of the blade; hypophyllous glands minute, dark, punctiform, numerous, regularly scat- tered. Inflorescences umbelliform, few-flowered; nectaries unknown. Flowers erect on the pedicels, the pedicels ca. 1.5 cm long, lenticellate; bracteoles ca. 3 mm wide; sepals suborbicular or broadly suborbicular, ca. 5 mm wide; corolla and stamens unknown; ovary ca. 7-loculed. Fruit unknown.
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Habit
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shrub
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Distribution
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Known from the type locality only.
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Specimen
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COCLE: Cerro Caracoral, elfin forest, alt. ca. 1000 m, Duke & Dwyer 15116 (U).
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Note
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Though the single available specimen is incomplete, the species is easily recognized and cannot be confused with any other species of the genus.
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