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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
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Species
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PIPER ALBOPUNCTULATISSIMUM Trel.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 27:287. 1940.
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Description
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A somewhat nodose shrub, 4 m. tall; upper internodes glabrous, sparingly warty-papillate; leaves elliptic, apex acute, base obliquely cordate-auricled, one side about 5 mm. shorter at the petiole, the larger side about equaling the petiole, about 18 cm. wide X 28-30 cm. long, pinnately nerved from below the upper third, the nerves 6-8 on each side, submarginally loop-connected and with num- erous cross-connecting and anastomosing nervules, glabrous above, the nerves beneath puberulent or crisp-pubescent, marginal ciliation lacking, sparsely yellow- glandular-dotted on both sides, microscopically white-dotted above when dry, drying rather firm, subtranslucent; petiole 45 plus 5 mm. long, winged-vaginate to near the blade, sparsely warty; spikes 5 mm. thick X 25 cm. long; peduncle 2The base of the blade in many species of Piper is unequal on the two sides with one side some- what shorter at the petiole. The petiolar length is given plus the difference in length between the two sides.
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Habit
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shrub
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Description
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about 4 cm. long; bracts triangular-subpeltate, ciliate, the pedicel broad, concave; stigmas 3, linear, on a short, stout style.
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Distribution
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Known only from the following locality.
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Specimen
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COCLE: north rim of El Valle de Ant6n, alt. 600-1000 m., Allen 1652.
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