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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
Species Coussarea paniculata (Vahl) Standley
PlaceOfPublication J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 18: 282. 1928.
Synonym Froelichia paniculata Vahl, Ecol. Amer. 3. 1796. not Moench. 1794. TYPE: French Guiana, not seen. Billardieria paniculata Vahl, Ecol. Amer. 10. 1796. TYPE: French Guiana, "In sylvis prope amnem Galibiensem," not seen. Faramea martini DC. ex Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 339. 1861, not DC. 1830. TYPE: French Guiana, not seen; photo in Delessert Herb. (F). Coussarea froelichia A. Rich., Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 5: 177. 1834. TYPE: not seen. Coussarea darienensis Steyermark, Ceiba 3: 20. 1952. TYPE: Panama, Allen 4576 (F, holotype; isotype, NY).
Description Small trees. Leaves widely elliptic, 8.5-14.0 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, caudate acuminate at the apex, the acumen to 1.8 cm long, cuneate, acute, often attenuate
Habit trees
Description glabrous except for a few hairs in the axils of the veins below; petioles to 1.5 cm long; stipules often deciduous. Inflorescences pyramidal paniculate, 6.5-9.0 cm long, to 6 cm wide, the peduncle to 1.5 cm long, the branches few, paired, perpendicular to the rachis, the lowermost to 2.5 cm long. Flowers subsessile or on pedicels to 0.5 cm long; calycine cup glabrous, turgid, to 1 mm long, smooth, the teeth scarcely measurable; corolla white, the tube to 3 mm long, the lobes ca. 6.5 mm long; anthers linear, to 5 mm long, the filaments to 1 mm long attached near the mouth. Fruits on pedicels to 0.5 cm long, ovoid, 1.2-1.6 cm long, 1.0- 1.5 cm wide, yellow, white or green, glabrous, drying black.
Distribution known from Panama, Trinidad and northern South America.
Note The isotype of C. darienensis is deposited in NY, not in the Missouri Botanical Garden herbarium, contrary to Steyermark's indication in the original description.
Specimen DARIEN: Rio Chico, Yaviza, ca. 100 ft, Allen 4576 (F, NY). Puerto St. Dorothea, near Colombia- Panama border on Pacific side, Dwyer 2222 (MO).
 
 
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