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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Species
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PLEUROTHALLIS RHODOGLOSSA Schltr.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fedde Rep. Sp. Nov. Beih. 17:22. 1922.
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Description
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Small, caespitose, epiphytic herbs up to about 2 dm. tall. Secondary stems up to about 13 cm. long, slender, with 1-2; sheaths at the base, otherwise naked. Leaves 4-7 cm. long and 2.2-4 cm. broad, broadly ovate-cordate, acute or acumi- nate, coriaceous. Flowers rather small, greenish with a purple lip. Dorsal sepal about 3.5-4 mm. long and 1.8-2.2 mm. broad, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 3-nerved. Lateral sepals about 3 mm. long and 3 mm. broad, orbicular, connate to the apices. Petals about 2-2.5 mm. long and 0.5-0.7 mm. broad, linear-ligulate, acute, slight- ly arcuate, obscurely denticulate (ciliolate, fide Schltr.). Lip about 1.4-1.7 mm. long and 1.1-1.3 mm. broad, cordate or narrowly cordate, obtuse; lamina fleshy and with a transverse E-shaped callus toward the base (open part of the "T" toward the base).
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Distribution
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Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: "Province of Chiriqui," alt. 1200 m., Powell 182. (Schlechter in his description cites Powell 12 but gives the locality as "Auf Hfigeln bei Panama-city").
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Note
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Two specimens of this have been seen. The one in the Ames Herbarium gives the data cited above. The specimen in the Herbarium of the Missouri Botanical Garden bears the data given by Schlechter. The Chiriqui locality is doubtless correct.
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