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(Last Modified On 3/13/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/13/2013)
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Species
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Sauvagesia tenella Lam.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Encycl. Meth. Bot. 2: 119, 1797.
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Synonym
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Sauvagesia nana Ule, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 345, 1915. Sauvagesia gracilis Ule, loc. cit. Sauvagesia inconspicua Dwyer, Lloydia 2: 195, 1939.
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Description
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Herbs 0.3-0.7 dm tall; branches absent or occasionally few at the apex or base, glandular, smooth. Leaves sessile, elliptic, 3-8 mm long, 1.8-3 mm wide, subacute or obtuse at the apex, subcuneate at the base, delicately carnose, the margin entire or depressed-serrate above the middle, the tips of the cilia minutely falcate-dentoid the lateral veins evanescent; stipules linear or oblong, 1-3 mm long, the cilia well- spaced and exceeding the corpus in length. Inflorescences with the bostryces termi- nal, solitary or rarely paired; bracts stipuloid, minute; pedicels slender, 6-7 mm long. Flowers with the sepals lanceolate to ovate, 3.2-4 mm long, setose-aristate at the apex, the margins usually scarious, the veins ca 3; petals pink, white or yellow, obovate, 3-5 mm long, equal to or exceeding the sepals in length, usually unguicu- late at the base, the veins evanescent; segments of the exterior corona absent; seg- ments of the interior corona usually oblong, rarely narrowly obovate, usually slightly shorter than the stamens, rounded or obtuse, the median vein evanescent, the dorsal furrow absent, the veins 1-2, ascending; stamens up to 2 mm long, the anthers oblong, obtuse, often longer than the filaments; ovary ellipsoid or rotund, ca 1 mm long, exceeding the style in length. Fruit equal to or exceeding the sepals in length, mostly turgid at the base.
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Herbs
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Distribution
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Cuba, Central America and tropical South America.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: David Airport, Lewis et al. 745 (MO). COCLE: betw Las Margaritas & El Valle de Anton, Woodson et al. 1233 (MO); s. loc., Allen 830 (NY). PANAMA: San Jose, Erlanson 587 (NY); betw Pacora & Chepo, Woodson et al. 1657 (MO, NY).
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