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(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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Sarcostemma glaucum H.B.K.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nov. Gen. Sp. PI. 3: 194. 1819.
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Note
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TYPE: Humboldt & Bonpland (P, not seen).
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Synonym
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Funastrum glaucum (H.B.K.) Schltr., Fedde Repert. Sp. Nov. 13: 285. 1915.
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Description
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Glabrous, herbaceous vines. Leaves elliptic or narrowly elliptic, occasionally oblong or ovate, somewhat fleshy, glaucous; petioles 3-8 mm long, the blades 5-9 cm long and 0.5-3.8 cm broad. Inflorescences umbellate, 10-40-flowered; peduncles 5-12 cm long; pedicels thin, mostly ca. 2 cm long. Flowers with the calyx deeply lobed, the lobes 1.0-1.5 mm long and 0.5-0.8 mm wide, ovate, the margins ciliate, otherwise glabrous; corolla white or greenish-white, short sal- verform, the tube ca. 2 mm long, slightly but noticeably constricted at the ori- fice, the lobes ovate, obtuse, the margins ciliate, puberulent inside, glabrous out- side, 4-6 mm long and ca. 2.5 mm wide; the fleshy annular ring prominent, adnate to the corolla and bases of the corona vesicles, the vesicles ovoid, pointed, 1.5-2.0 mm long; gynostegium ca. 2 mm high; ovaries glabrous. Follicles to 10 cm long, 1 cm in diameter, glabrous.
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Habit
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vines
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Distribution
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occurs in the lowlands of Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru.
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Specimen
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COCLE: Aqua Dulce, Pittier 4977 (F, US). DARIEN: Patiflo, Duke 10530 (MO). HER- RERA: Near Chitre, Allen 1090 (MO). LOS SANTOS: Beach at Monagre, Burch et al. 1208 (MO). 3 mi. S of Carreta, Burch et al. 1253 (MO, US). Ca. 7 mi. S of Chitre, D'Arcy & Croat 4170A. Rio Tonosli, near Tonosli, Lewis et al. 1585A (MO), 1586 (F, MO). Monagre Beach, Tyson et al. 2895 (MO). PANAMA: Juan Dfaz, Standley 30510 (F, US).
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