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(Last Modified On 9/17/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/17/2013)
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Species
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Randia formosa (Jacq.) Schum.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Mart. Fl. Bras. 6(6): 342. 1889.
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Synonym
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Mussaenda formosa Jacq., Enum. P1. Carib. 16. 1760. TYPE: Colombia, Jacquin, not seen. Gardenia mussaenda L.f., Suppl. 163. 1781. TYPE: not seen. Randia mussaenda (L.f.) DC., Prodr. 4: 388. 1830. Gardenia maritima Vahl in DC., Prodr. 4: 388. 1830. TYPE: not seen.
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Description
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Shrubs to 5 m tall, the branches 8.5-20.0 cm long, terete, unarmed, opposite, stiff, strongly ascending, usually glabrous, occasionally pubescent, the nodes crowded terminally, otherwise well spaced. Leaves ovate trapeziform, obovate- oblong, or lanceolate, occasionally inequilateral or subfalcate, 2-10 cm long, 1.3- 4.0 cm wide, deltoid, rounded or acute apically, rounded or obtuse at the base, the costa slender, prominulous to plane above, prominulous to prominent be- neath, the lateral veins 5-6, arcuate, chartaceous, concolorous, glabrate but often villosulose on costa and veins; petioles 0.3-1.2 cm long; stipules ovate triangular, to 2.5 mm long, acute, drying rubescent, often venose, scarious, marginate. Flow- ers solitary, terminal, sessile, 12-14(-20) cm long, the hypanthium ca. 12 mm long, the calycine cup cylindrical, 6-7 mm long, 4.5-5.0 mm wide, silky pubes- cent, the lobes 4-5, linear, 4.5-8.0 mm long; corolla with the tube to 19 cm long, sericeous strigose outside, papillose and velutinous within above the middle, the lobes narrowly triangular, 5-6 cm long, acute, glabrous, pubescent abaxially; stamens 5, the anthers oblong, 5 mm long, attached at the mouth; style slender with ascending hairs above middle, the stigmas broadly 2-lobed. Fruits sessile, oblong or rotund, 1.5-2.5 cm long, occasionally wider than long, usually drying black, glabrate to sparsely hairy, the seeds numerous, plane, disposed 4-seriately.
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Shrubs
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Distribution
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ranges from Panama to Peru and Brazil. It also occurs in the Antilles.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Juan Mina, Bartlett & Lasser 16542 (MO). Old Gamboa Road between Summit Hills Golf Course and Summit Naval Radio Station, Croat 16669 (MO). 5 mi N of Gamboa Gate, D'Arcy & D'Arcy 6010 (MO). Fort Kobbe, Duke 4202, 4726 (both MO). Rio Chagres, I mi above Madden Lake, Duke 4455 (MO). Farfan Beach, Dwyer 6761 (MO). C-15 Road, D'yer & Blumn 2675 (MO). Albrook, Hayden 64 (MO). Madden Dam, Kirkbride & Elias 265 (MO). Summit, Lindsay 251 (US). Base of Cerro Pelado, NW of Gamboa, Nee 9269 (MO). Upper Chilibre River, Seibert 150 (MO, US). Obispo, Standley 31746 (US). Chiva-Chiva Trail, Miraflores Lake, Tyson 1344 (MO). Miraflores Lake, White 149 (MO). BARRO COLORADO ISLAND: Aviles X-31 (MO); Croat 11296, 11888 (both MO); Foster 949 (MO); Kenoyer 655 (US); Shattuck 1100 (MO). CHIRIQUf: Rabo do Puerco, 8 km W of Puerto Armuelles, Croat 21943 (MO). COL6N: Santa Rita Ridge Road, 300-500 m, Gentry 6588 (MO). Rio Viejo and Rio Ruiz, Portobelo Road, 4 km NE of Puerto Pil6n, Nee 7179 (MO). DARIEN: Quebrado Venado and Peje Swamp, headwaters of Rio Tuqueza, Bristan 1025 (MO). Que- brada Aguacate, Bristan 1212 (MO). Rio Tuira between Pucro and Rio Punusa, Duke 5387 (MO). Isla Pedro Gonzales, Duke 10394 (MO). Piria-Canazas Trail near Piria, Duke 14311 (MO). 1-3 mi N of Paya, Duke & Kirkbride 14006 (MO). Slopes of Cerro Pirre, 500-1000 m, Gentry & Clewell 7128 (MO). PANAMA: Nuevo Emperador cerca de Arrazona, Blandon 25 (MO). Panamerican Highway halfway between El Llano and Rio Mamoni, Duke 5538 (MO). Between Pacora and Chepo, Gallardo 20 (MO). 4 mi W of Chepo, Gentry 5556 (MO). Natural Bridge, Panama City, Gentry 5611 (MO). Taboga Island, Gentry 5722 (MO). 1 km E of El Llano, Gentry 6464 (MO). Chepo, Pittier 4447 (US). Matias Hernandez, Standley 32062 (US). W of El Llano, road to Jesus Maria, Tyson 6858 (MO).
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