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(Last Modified On 5/8/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/8/2013)
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Species
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Ardisia obovalifolia Lundell
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PlaceOfPublication
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Wrightia 4: 162. 1971.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees, to 8 m high, the branchlets slender, appressed- lepidote at first. Leaves mostly small, drying blackish, petiolate or subsessile, This content downloaded from 192.104.39.2 on Tue, 7 May 2013 17:30:52 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions350 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN [VOL. 58 the petioles marginate, to 4 mm long, lepidote at first; leaf blades sub- coriaceous, obovate, elliptic-obovate, or elliptic, 3-9.5 cm long and 2-5 cm wide, rounded and abruptly short acuminate apically, the acumen acutish, rounded basally, decurrent, glabrous above and often shiny, paler and gla- brate beneath, conspicuously punctate, the glands especially prominent in the young leaves, the midvein rounded and slightly elevated above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins slender, obscurely reticulate. Inflorescences terminal, small, tripinnately paniculate, pyramidal, 4-9 cm long, lepidote at first, gla- brate. Flowers umbellate or subcorymbose, 5-merous, the pedicels rigid, 3-6 mm long; sepals ovate, 1.4-2 mm long, rounded apically, punctate with rounded small glands, these orange and black, minutely erose; petals (in bud) 5.5 mm long, connate ca. 1 mm basally, densely punctate mostly with small rounded orange and red-black glands, the blackish glands dispersed; stamens (in bud) 3.5 mm long, the filaments 1 mm long, the anthers concol- orous, lanceolate-oblong, 2.5 mm long; ovary glabrous, the ovules small, numerous, pluriseriate, the style slender, 5 mm long, recurved after anthesis. Fruit depressed-globose.
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Habit
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Shrubs or small trees
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Distribution
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Native to Panama.
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Native
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Panama
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Cerro Jefe, Duke 9423 (MO), 2700-3000 ft, Tyson et al. 3340 (LL, MO); E slope, 21700 ft, Blum & Duke 2184, 2196 (both MO); summit, 2900 ft, Dwyer et al. 7281 (LL, holotype), 8078 (LL); 10-13 mi. beyond Goofy Lake, Duke 8015 (MO).
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Note
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The species is noteworthy for its densely punctate corolla, the glands being both orange and black.
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