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(Last Modified On 6/19/2013)
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(Last Modified On 6/19/2013)
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Species
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Liabum polyanthum Klatt
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31: 209. 1892.
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Synonym
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Sinclairia polyantha (Klatt) Rydb., N. Amer. Fl. 34: 299. 1927.
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Description
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Erect or weakly scandent, terrestrial or epiphytic subshrub, 2-3 m tall, arching upward to 8 m or more, the upper internodes short-hispid to glabrescent and usually with scattered, prominent, tuberculate lenticels. Leaves opposite, pinnately veined, with 2 prominent lateral veins emerging from near the base; the upper leaf blades elliptic to ovate, the margin denticulate with minute, callose teeth, 7-11 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, to twice as long as wide, the upper surface glabrous or with scattered light arachnoid tomentum, the lower surface with a dense gray-white felted lanate tomentum, the prominent veins short-hispid; petiole prominent, about /4 to 1/a as long as the blade. Inflorescence an irregular, open paniculate cyme of 40-60 heads in several loose cymules arising terminally and from the axils of the upper leaves. Heads campanulate, inconspicuously radiate, at least in dried specimens; involucral bracts imbricate in 3-4 series, the innermost 4-6 mm long, lanceolate-subulate, often reflexed-spreading at maturity, brownish pubescent outside, especially toward the margin, or occa- sionally glabrate, the margin sometimes prominently long-villous; receptacle naked; ray florets yellow or ochroleucus to creamy-white, fertile and inconspicuous, few (5-8?), the corolla short and recurved-rolled in dried specimens; disc florets yellow to creamy-white, ca. 20, the corollas exceeding the involucre by 1-2 mm. Achenes turbinate to weakly angled, ca. 1 mm long, appressed-pubescent; pappus of both disc and ray florets persistent and conspicuously protruding beyond the involucre, composed of numerous yellow-white, brittle, barbellate bristles, 8-10 mm long, interspersed by several scarious, narrowly subulate awnlike bristles ca. 0.5 mm long.
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Habit
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subshrub
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Note
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Liabum polyanthum occurs in openings or disturbed places in wooded areas, usually above 1,000 m. It flowers from December to January.
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Elevation
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above 1,000 m.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Vic. of New Switzerland, 1800-2000 m, Allen 1415 (MO, NY, US). Alto Lino, 4200 ft, Maurice 836 (MO, US). Chiriqui Viejo Valley, White 93 (MO, US). COCLE': Hills N of El Valle de Anton, 1000 m, Allen 2347 (US). Region of El Valle de Anton, 1000 m, Allen 2886 (MO, US). Slopes of Cerro Pilon near El Valle, 700-9n00 m, Duke 12068 (NY). Cerro Pilon, 3000 ft,-Duke & Lallathin 14994 (MO, NY), 15011 (MO). El Valle, Gentry & Dwyer 3673 (MO). COLON: Santa Rita Ridge, Dwyer & Gentry 9370 (MO). PANAMA': Goofy Lake, Dwyer 7052 (MO, US). Cerro Jefe to La Eneida, 3100 ft, Dwyer et al. 8229 (MO). Cerro Jefe, 3100 ft, Dwyer & Gentry 9438 (MO, NY). Cerro Campana, Ebinger 235 (MO). Lewis et al. 3062 (MO).
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