(Last Modified On 1/11/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/11/2013)
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Species
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OREOPANAX CAPITATUS (Jacq.) Dec. & Planch.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Rev. Hortic. ser. IV. 3:108. 1854.
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Synonym
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Aralia capitata Jacq. Enum. P1. Carib. 18. 1760. Hedera capitata (Jacq.) J. E. Smith, Ic. Pict. p1. 4. 1790. Hedera frondosa Salisb. Prodr. 144. 1796. Botryodendrum capitatum (Jacq.) Endl. ex Heynh. Nom. 2:75. 1846. Sciadophyllunt capitatum (Jacq.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 306. 1860. Oreopanax destructor Seem. in Journ. Bot. 7:351. 1869. Aralia ovata Sesse & Moq. Fl. Mex. 86. 1894.
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Description
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Trees to 15 m. tall, sometimes epiphytic when young, glabrous throughout except for the inflorescence, the branchlets stout, terete, rugose. Leaves simple, ovate, elliptic, lanceolate or obovate, 10-35 cm. long, 4-25 cm. broad, acute or acuminate at the apex, cuneate to subcordate at the base, entire, the basal lateral veins in 1 or 2 pairs, conspicuous; petioles to 30 cm. long. Inflorescence panicu- late, stellate-puberulent or glabrous, the primary peduncle plus rhachis 6-20 (-30) cm. long, the bracts inconspicuous, the secondary peduncles and rhachises 4-12 cm. long, the floriferous peduncles 0.5-2.0 cm. long. Staminate heads globose or slightly elongate, flowers 10-25 per head, the bracteoles deltoid or ovate; calyx about 1 mm. long, the limb undulate; petals 5, oblong, 2.0-2.5 mm. long, about 1 mm. broad; filaments about 4 mm. long, anthers about 1.25 mm. long, 0.75 mm. broad; styles 1 or 2. Bisexual heads 5- to 12-flowered; calyx, corolla and andro- ecium resembling the staminate flowers; styles 5-10; fruit subglobose, 5-8 mm. in diameter, the styles recurved, deciduous, the seeds usually few.
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Tree
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Note
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Mexico to Cuba and Santo Domingo, and southward; also in South America. A common species to 1700 m. altitude.
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Elevation
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to 1700 m.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Water Valley, vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, Von Wedel 2669. CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Wetmore & Abbe 247, 248, Aviles 107, 996, Wood- son & Schery 980. CHIRIQUI: Volcan de Chiriqui, Boquete District, el. 8500 ft., Davidson 970, el. 6000 ft., Davidson I74, 249, 7I8; vicinity of Cerro Punta, alt. 2000 m., Allen 1574; vicinity of Boquete, lumber road into the hills east of the Rio Caldera, alt. 4500- 6500 ft., Allen 4655.
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