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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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CLIDEMIA EPIPHYTICA (Triana) Cogn.
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PlaceOfPublication
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DC. Monogr. Phan. 7:1025. 1891.
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Synonym
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Sagraea epiphytica Triana, in Trans. Linn. Soc. 28:139. 1871. Prosanerpis panamensis Blake & Standley, in Field Mus. Pub. Bot. 4:245. 1929.
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Description
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A root-climbing or epiphytic shrub; stems nearly glabrous; petioles of the larger leaves 4-10 cm. long; leaf-blades thin, ovate or ovate-oblong, 12-20 cm. long, about two--thirds as wide, sharply acuminate, conspicuously serrate, cordate at base, 7-nerved, essentially glabrous; smaller leaves 1-5 cm. long; cymes usually 3-flowered, branched at base; hypanthium urceolate, 2-2.5 mm. long, bristly; sepals triangular-ovate about 1 mm. long from the torus; exterior teeth foliaceous, oblong, up to 5 mm. long, long-ciliate.
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Habit
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shrub
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Distribution
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Panama and at low elevations in northwestern South America.
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Specimen
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DARIEN: Cerro de Garagari, 500-974 m., Pittier 5611.
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