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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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Species
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CALYCOLPUS WARSZEWICZIANUS Berg
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PlaceOfPublication
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Linnaea 27:382. 1856
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Reference
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Riley, in Kew Bull. 1926:153. 1926.
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Description
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Glabrous shrubs or small trees up to 7 m. high, with exfoliating bark; twigs subterete or faintly angled. Leaves ovate- or elliptical-oblong, obtuse or acute at the base, acutely acuminate at the apex, 3-8 cm. long and 1.5-3.0 cm. wide, firmly membranaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous, the midrib impressed above and prominent beneath, the lateral nerves delicate, numerous, prominulous on both sides; petiole up to 3 mm. long. Peduncles glabrous, axillary, 1.5-3.0 cm. long, mostly single; bractlets linear to oblong, 1-3 mm. long; flowers white to pinkish, fragrant. Sepals oblong, obtuse, accrescent, 5-10 mm. long, with distinct mid- nerve. Petals obovate-oblong, about 1.5 cm. long. Ovary subglobose, glabrous. Berry subglobose, up to 1 cm. long, crowned with the large accrescent disc and persistent sepals.
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Habit
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shrubs or small tree
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Distribution
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Panama and Costa Rica.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: along banks of Quebrada la Palma and Canion of Rio Chagres, Dodge d- Allen I7339; vicinity of former town of Empire, Hunter, Allen 770; Chagres, Fendler I05; Barro Colorado Island, Wilson 79, Aviles 26, Wetmore d Abbe I7I, Woodworth dj Vestal 48.9, Bangham 454; island in Gatuin Lake, Ostenfeld I04. COCLE: Penonome and vicinity, Williams 2, 220. PANAMA&: hills near Capira, Dodge & Hunter 8642; Pacora, Bro. Paul 422; between Las Sabanas and Matias Hernandez, Standley 3I870; San Jose Island, Erlanson 6o; in meadows near city of Panama', Seemann 282.
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