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(Last Modified On 9/12/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/12/2013)
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Species
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Pogonopus speciosus (Jacq.) Schum.
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Mart. Fl. Bras. 6(6): 265. 1889.
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Synonym
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Macrocnemum speciosus Jacq., Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 19. 1797. TYPE: Not given. Pogonopus ottonis Klotzsch, Monatsber. Kdnigl. Preuss. Acad. Wiss. Berlin 500. 1853. TYPE: Otto 901 (B). Howardia grandifora Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) S6r. 4, 1: 70. 1854. TYPE: Schlim 755 (P). Howardia caracasensis Wedd., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) S6r. 4. 1: 71. 1854. TYPE: Funck 463 (P). Pogonopus caracasensis (Wedd.) Nichols, Dict. Gard. 3: 175. 1886. Carmenocania porphyrantha Wernh., J. Bot. 50: 241. 1912. TYPE: Schlim 755 (BM).
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Description
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Trees to 10 m tall, the branchlets terete, smooth, glabrous to glabrescent, often with fusiform white lenticels. Leaves oblong, rarely obovate oblong, 15- 21(-30) cm long, 6.0-11.5 cm wide, 2 to 3 times longer than wide, usually acute, shortly acuminate, the acumen 1.5-2.0 cm long, ultimately subobtuse to acute, basally attenuate acute to cuneate, equilateral, the costa slender, subplane to prominulous above, usually prominent beneath, the lateral veins 10-12, the me- dian veins 1.5-2.0 cm apart, arcuate, papyraceous, slightly discolorous; petioles minute or 1-3 cm long, wiry, to 0.1 cm wide, often curved, glabrous to puberulent; stipules compressed rectangular, much wider than long, to 3 mm long, the apic- ulum ca. 1 mm long, densely golden pubescent. Inflorescences terminal and ax- illary, usually exceeding the uppermost leaves, thrysoid cymose, spreading, gla- brous, to 25 cm long, to 15 cm wide, either sessile with 2 or 3 branches from the stem tip or with peduncles 5-10(-13) cm long, wiry, often plane and twisted, the primary branches few, the pairs 2-4, opposite, 2-3 cm apart in the larger inflo- rescences, strict or arcuate, strongly ascending, the cymules terminal, flabellately disposed. Flowers with the hypanthium oblong or turbinate, ca. 3 mm long, puberulent, constricted below the calycine cup, the latter ca. 1 mm long, turgid, eglandular within, 4 of the calycine teeth subulate, to 1 mm long, the 5th expanded as a flaring foliose bract-like structure, ovate, oblong rotund or trapeziform ro- tund, 1-5 cm long, to 4 cm wide, acute to deltoid at the apex, occasionally vaguely acuminate, rounded or cuneate at the base with 5-7 conspicuous veins, glabrous or puberulent, the stalk slender, 1.5-2.0 cm long; corolla red or pink, the tube narrowly cylindrical, ca. 25 mm long at anthesis, constricted medially, stiffly petaloid above, subcoriaceous on the lower third, puberulent outside and in ex- cept villose inside at the filament attachment point, the lobes 5, triangular, ca. 4 mm long, erect; stamens 5, the anthers oblong, 1.5-2.5 mm long, the filaments linear, to 28 mm long, plane, often exserted to 3 mm above the mouth, attached ca. 8 mm from the base of the tube, the style linear, usually slightly exceeding the tube, puberulent, the stigmas coiled, ca. 2 mm long. Fruits capsular, oblong rotund, 5-7 mm long, to 6 mm wide, usually truncate, drying black, glabrous, conspicuously lenticellate, the furrow usually conspicuous; seeds round or ob- long, ca. 0.4 mm in diam.
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Habit
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Trees
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Distribution
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ranges from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela.
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Common
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Chorcha de Gallo Madronio
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Common
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Chibigui
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Fort Kobbe, Allen 2017 (MO). Cerro Viejo on K16C, Blum 1260 (MO). 1 mi S of Madden Dam, Blum 2629 (MO). Madden Forest, Road 2, Croat 8959 (MO). Road S-11, NW of Escobal, Croat 12465 (MO). Gaillard Cut NE of Paraiso, Croat 12511 (MO). 1 mi N of Paraiso, Croat 12652 (MO). Near Salamanca Hydrographic Station, Dodge et al. 16977 (MO). Madden Dam area, Dwyer 8372 (MO). Barro Colorado Island, Foster 1411 (MO). Madden Dam, Lewis et al. I (GH, MO, UC, US). Forest Preserve Road, 1 km from Madden Dam, Mori 421 (MO). Road C-29, 6 km ESE of Gamboa, Nee 8846 (MO). Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 688 (MO). Road K-15 near Huile, Smith et al. 3282 (MO). COL6N: 3 mi E of Transisthmian Highway, road to Salamanca, Gentry 6720 This content downloaded from 192.104.39.2 on Mon, 9 Sep 2013 13:28:23 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions1980] DWYER-FLORA OF PANAMA (Family 179. Rubiaceae) 333 (MO). 4 km ENE of Buena Vista, road to Sardinilla, Nee 9125 (MO). DARIEN: Cabecero del Rio Pirre, Bristan 1330 (MO). Rio Aruza, Bristan 1346 (MO). Rio Yap6, Bristan 1425 (MO). Pucro to Rio Pucro, Duke 5361 (MO). Rio Sambi, 0.5 mi above Rio Venado, Duke 9290 (MO). Rio Tuira between Rio Punusa and Rio Mangle, Duke 14597 (MO). Rio Pirre, Duke & Bristan 8264 (MO). Rio Pucro between Cerro Mali and Cerro Tacarcuna, Gentry & Mori 13874 (MO). Rio Piedras, Stern et al. 724 (MO). Natural Bridge, Madden Lake, Croat 12400 (MO). PANAMA: Rio Chagres, 1 mi above Madden Lake, Duke 4465 (MO). Panamerican Highway, 28 km E of Bayano Bridge, Folsom 1387 (MO). Stream flowing out of Serrania de Maje, Folsom & Collins 1729 (MO). Ipeti, base of Serrania de Maje, Folsom & Lantz 1931 (MO).
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