(Last Modified On 5/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/30/2013)
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Species
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Cynanchum glaberrimum (Woodson) L. 0. Wins.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fieldiana: Bot. 32: 36. 1968.
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Synonym
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Metastelma glaberrimum Woodson, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24: 200. 1937. TYPE: Panama, Seibert 300 (MO).
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Description
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Slender suffruticose vines, the stems somewhat compressed and corky, gla- brous or nearly so except on younger growth. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate-ovate to ovate, acuminate, glabrous; petioles 2-5 mm long, glabrous or puberulent; the blades mostly ca. 2.5 cm long and 0.4-1.5 cm wide, 2 small glands present at the base. Cymes axillary, umbelliform, puberulent, few-flowered; peduncle 1-3 mm long; pedicels 1-3 mm long. Flowers with the calyx divided to the base, the lobes ovate, obtuse, ca. 0.8 mm long; corolla whitish, campanulate, the tube 0.5-0.8 mm long, the lobes glabrous, 1-1.5 mm long and ca. 0.6 mm wide; corona segments widely ovate, 0.6-0.9 mm long; gynostegium truncate-conical, ca. 0.5 mm high. Follicles unknown.
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Habit
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vines
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Distribution
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Said to be common in Costa Rica, the species is also known from Colombia. It is known from only one province in Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Near Monte Lirio, valley of the upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, Seibert 300 (MO). Near Casita Alta, Volcan de Chiriqui, Woodson et al. 923 (MO). Rio Chiriqui Viejo Valley, along river on island, White 152 (MO). Near Finca Lerida, Woodson & Schery 233 (MO, US).
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