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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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Fischeria funebris (Donn. Sm.) Blake
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PlaceOfPublication
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Jour. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 293. 1924.
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Synonym
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Fischeria martiana var. funebris Donn. Sm., Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 24: 398. 1897. TYPE: Costa Rica, Tonduz 9936 (US). Fischeria blepharopetala Blake, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 20: 244. 1919. TYPE: Colombia, Curran 206 (US).
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Description
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Herbaceous vines. Leaves elliptic or occasionally narrowly ovate, apically acute to acuminate, basally shallowly cordate, the sinus rarely 1 cm deep, the lobes sometimes imbricate when younger, mostly 10-14 cm long, occasionally longer on older stems, 4.5-8.5 cm wide, scabrous above except on the midrib which is conspicuously hirsute with brown, septate hairs, velutinous to tomentose be- neath; petioles mostly 1-3.5 cm long, puberulent and sparsely to densely pilose with hairs 2-3 mm long. Inflorescences puberulent and pilose throughout; peduncles commonly 4-10 cm long, occasionally to 22 cm when older; pedicels (1.5-)2-3(-4.5) cm long. Flowers white or white tinged with pink; calyx ab- axially brown puberulent and pilose, adaxially glabrous or nearly so, the lobes lanceolate to lanceolate-subulate, usually greatly exceeding the corolla lobes, (7-)9-13(-17) mm long and 1.6-2.4 mm wide; corolla 1.5-2.0 cm in diameter, the lobes broadly ovate to suborbicular, 5.5-7.7(-8.6) mm long and (4.5-)5-6 (-7.5) mm wide, adaxially glabrate to densely pubescent with long, white, sep- tate hairs usually arrayed in a triangular pattern, crispate near the apex on one margin, one or both margins ciliate, but the crisped margin always with long, white, septate, dense cilia to 2 mm long; corona usually entire or sometimes remotely 5-angular, the margins striate-sulcate, column smooth, 1.5-2 mm high; gynostegium 2.5-3 mm high, the inflated portion of the stamens suborbicular in surface outline, the staminal membranes usually triangular and covering most of the stigma head; ovaries usually sparsely pubescent, occasionally glabrous. Follicles unknown.
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Habit
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vines
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Note
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This species grows in wet forests and edges from near sea level to about 500 m
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Elevation
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near sea level to about 500 m
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Distribution
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ranges from Costa Rica through Panama and into northern Colombia.
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Note
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It is a distinctive species with its long-ciliate corolla lobes.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Aviles s.n. (F); Bailey & Bailey 286 (B, F); Shattuck 816 (F, MO). Pipeline Road, 5 mi. N of Gamboa, Gentry 4863 (MO). Near Gatun Station, Hayes 388 (NY). W of Limon Bay, Rio Pina-Rio Media divide, Johnston 1809 (A, MO). Pipeline Road, 0-11.1 mi., Lewis et al. 5413 (DUKE, MO). Navy Reservation N of Gamboa, Robyns 65-47 (G, MO). 12 mi. S of Colon on Rio Providencia, Tyson & Blum 3939 (FSU). COLON: Near Puerto Pilon on road between Climatological Station at Agua Clara and Puerto Pilon, Correa & Dressler 1190 (MO). Trail along first river W of Portobelo, Gentry 5144 (MO). DARIEN: Above Paca, Williams 750 (NY, US). PANAMA: San Jose Island, Erlanson 184 (G, U, US), 238 (G, P, US), 267 (G, NY, US); Johnston 554 (BM, G, US). SAN BLAS: Perme Cooper 282 (F, G, NY, US). Headwaters of Rio Mulatupo, Elias 1760 (MO).
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