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(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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Species
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HYPERBAENA ALLENII Standl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27:310. 1940.
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Description
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Small trees; young stems striate, densely pubescent. Leaves petiolate, lanceo- late-oblong, entire, the apex acute or obtuse, the base obtuse or rounded, 14-23 cm. long, 4.5-6.0 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, pinnately nerved, glabrous above, puberulent below; petioles swollen distally, 1.5-3.0 cm. long, densely pubescent. Staminate inflorescence axillary, fasciculate, spiciform, 0.5-3.0 cm. long, the rachis densely pubescent; bracts and bracteoles about 0.5 mm. long, densely pubescent. Staminate flowers; Sepals 6, the 3 outermost small, obovate, obscurely toothed, 0.7-0.9 mm. long, 0.5-0.6 mm. wide, exteriorly pubescent, the 3 innermost conspicuously larger, obovate, obscurely toothed, 1.1-1.4 mm. long, 0.7-0.9 mm. wide, glabrous or with the margins ciliolate; petals 6, obovate, 0.5-0.8 mm. long, 0.3-0.5 mm. wide, glabrous; stamens 6, free, about 1 mm. long, glabrous. Pistillate flower not seen. Fruit ovoid, about 2 cm. long, glabrous.
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trees
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Distribution
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Endemic to Panama.
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Native
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Panama
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Specimen
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COCLE: north rim of El Valle de Ant6n, 600-1000 in., Allen 1656; north of El Valle de Ant6n, trail to Las Minas, alt. about 1000 in., Allen 2465; Loma del Tigre, region north of El Valle de Ant6n, alt. 1000 in., Allen 3807.
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