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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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BLAKEA GRACILIS Hemsl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Diagn. Plant. Nov. 13. 1878.
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Description
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Epiphytic shrub or vine, also becoming an independent tree and reported 12 m. tall, glabrous or nearly so; petioles 5-12 mm. long; leaf-blades commonly obovate-oblong, 5-10 cm. long, two-fifths to three-fifths as wide, rather gradually acuminate to a slender tip, cuneate to the base, apparently 3-pli-nerved but with another pair of submarginal veins; secondary veins about 0.5 mm. apart; pedicels solitary, slender, glabrous, 3-6 cm. long; outer bracts ovate, foliaceous, 2-3 cm. long, many-nerved, much exceeding the inner ones and the calyx; calyx truncate, the lobes represented by minute tubercles only; petals pink, broadly and obliquely obovate, 1.5-2 cm. long.
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Habit
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shrub vine
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Distribution
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Costa Rica and Panama.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Robalo trail, northern slopes of Cerro Horqueta, 1800-2100 m., Allen 4990. CHIRIQUI: Valley of the upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, vicinity of Cerro Punta, White 37, I54, 336, White d White 84; trail from Bambito to Cerro Punta, 1400-2300 m., Allen 3I5; vicinity of New Switzerland, central valley of Rio Chiriqui Viejo, 1800- 2000 m., Allen I354.
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