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(Last Modified On 9/19/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/19/2013)
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Species
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Lacunaria panamensis (Standley) Standley
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 358. 1942.
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Synonym
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Quiina panamensis Standl., Trop. Woods 16: 21. 1928 (nomen): Field Mus. Bot. 4: 236. 1929. TYPE: Panama, Cooper 609 (F).
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Description
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Small tree reaching 15 m, the branches slender, seemingly dioecious. Leaves opposite or whorled, ovate, somewhat falcate, apically acute, basally rounded or obtuse, entire, 7-12 cm long, 4-5 cm wide, the lateral venation arcuate, drying conspicuously impressed, minor venation obscure, glabrate, perhaps a few minute hairs along the costa above; petioles short, 3-5 mm long, pubescent beneath; stipules linear, flat, 6-9 mm long. Inflorescences short aments clustered in ter- minal leaf axils, the flowers crowded, the peduncle and the rachis to 15 mm long, hispidulous, drying reddish brown, the bracts narrowly ovate, acute, ciliate, each subtending 1-2 flowers, the pedicels short to obsolete, to 0.5 mm long. Flowers (in bud) with the sepals 4. Fruit obovoid, subglobose or depressed globose (Stan-
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Habit
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tree
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Description
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dley), 3-5 cm long, drying prominently longitudinally grooved; seeds numerous, tomentose-pilose with reddish brown hairs, ca. 10 mm long.
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Note
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This species occurs in low elevation mountain forests of Panama and Costa Rica. The above description of fruit is taken from Costa Rican collections.
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Distribution
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Panama and Costa Rica.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Buena Vista camp on Chiriqui Trail, 1250 ft, Cooper 609 (F). PANAMA: Rio Maje above first waterfall, 50 m, Croat 34436 (MO, fruit only). Cerro Azul, Dwyer 1358 (MO, SCZ).
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