Tropicos | Name - !Miconia lateriflora Cogn.

!Miconia lateriflora Cogn.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/10/2013)

Species	MICONIA LATERIFLORA Cogn.
PlaceOfPublication	Bol. Mus. Goeldi 5:255. 1909.
Synonym	Ossaea disparilis Standley, in Contr. Arn. Arb. 5:120. pl. 17. 1933. Miconia disparilis (Standley) R. 0. Williams, in Dept. Agric. Trinidad & Tobago 1:388. 1934.
Description	Shrub to 3 m. tall, the stems and leaves glabrous; petioles slender, 5-25 mm. long; leaf-blades shining, thin, elliptic, 10-25 cm. long, two-fifths to half as wide, slenderly acuminate or caudate, obscurely crenulate and sparsely ciliate, obtuse to broadly cuneate at base, 3-nerved; panicle loose and open, sparsely branched; flowers predominantly 4-merous, sessile in small terminal glomerules; hypanthium tubular, becoming ovoid in fruit, glabrous or minutely punctate, 3.5-4 mm. long; calyx-lobes nearly obsolete; exterior teeth narrowly triangular, 1.5-2 mm. long; petals obovate, 1.5-2 mm. long; stamens isomorphic, the anthers sub- ulate, 3-3.5 mm. long; connective minutely 4-lobed at base; ovary nearly free, 4-celled; stigma truncate; fruit strongly 8-costate, sometimes glandular-pilose.
Habit	Shrub
Distribution	British Honduras to Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Surinam, and northern Brazil.
Specimen	BOCAS DEL TORO: Fish Creek, von Wedel 2230; Water Valley, von Wedel 1470; Buena Vista Camp on the Chiriqui trail, 375 m., Cooper 593. CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Aviles 2i, Bailey d Bailey 20I, So6; Frijoles, Standley 27553. DARIE'N: Cana- Cuasi trail, Chepigana district, 600 m., Terry d Terry I455.