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(Last Modified On 1/10/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/10/2013)
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Species
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SCHWACKAEA CUPHEOIDES (Benth.) Cogn. ex Durand
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Index Gen. Phan. 132. 1888.
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Synonym
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Heeria cupheoides Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur 93. t. 33. 1844. Pterogastra cupheoides (Benth.) Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 122. 1853.
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Description
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Stem repeatedly branched, 2-10 dm. tall, reddish, 4-angled, setose on the nodes and angles to nearly glabrous; petioles slender, 2-8 mm. long, leaf-blades oval or oblong, 1-6 cm. long, 0.5-3 cm. wide, acute, entire, acute or obtuse at the base, 3-nerved, minutely pubescent, especially on the veins, to nearly glabrous; flowers sessile; hypanthium 4 mm. long; sepals 2.5-3 mm. long; petals 5 mm. long; anthers 0.7 or 1.2 mm. long, the basal spurs of the connective 0.5 mm. long; fruiting hypanthium 1 cm. long; seeds 0.4-0.5 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Southern Mexico to Panama and Colombia.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Killip 40033, Shattuck 299, 485; Darien, Macbride 2702; Obispo, Hayes I51; Paraiso, Hayes 25; Chagres, Fendler 113; Rio Grande near Culebra, Pittier 2108. PANAMA: near Alhajuela, Chagres Valley, Pittier 2395; San Jose Island, Johnston 176, 219, 936A.
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