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(Last Modified On 8/21/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/21/2013)
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Species
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Chione campanensis Dwyer
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Note
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TYPE: Panama, Wilbur et al. 1020 (MO, holo- type).
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Description
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Trees with the branches crowded, smooth, glabrous, the nodes well spaced. Leaves elliptic oblong, oblong, occasionally ovate oblong, 2.0-6.5 cm long, 1-3
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Habit
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Trees
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Description
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cm wide, widely deltoid toward the apex, acuminate, the acumen widely trian- gular, to 3 mm long, obtuse, basally obtuse or widely cuneate, often inequilateral, the costa plane above or scarcely prominulous, prominulous beneath, the lateral veins ca. 6, prominulous beneath and conspicuous, strongly ascending, often branching dichotomously, the intervenal areas spreading reticulate, thin coria- ceous, discolorous, dark red, glabrous; petioles to 1 cm long, ca. 0.1 cm wide; stipules elliptic oblong, to 4 mm long, acute, erect, stiff, minutely puberulent. Inflorescences spreading, the peduncle 1.0-1.2 cm long, ca. 0.1 cm wide, gla- brous, the branches 2, angular ascending, the fruits few (flowers not seen). Fruits with pedicels ca. 0.8 cm long, carnose, narrowly oblong, to 2 cm long, ca. 0.7 cm wide, obtuse at the base, glabrous, shiny, the calycine cup persistent, to 1 mm long, the lobes absent, the margin undulate or with 5 inconspicuous, widely tri- angular lobes, to 0.2 mm long; disc of the ovary persistent, oblong or ovate oblong, to 5 mm long, truncate to obtuse at the apex.
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Distribution
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known only from Panama.
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Note
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It is closely related to C. buxifolia Dwyer & Hayden whose leaves have few lateral veins and are more obtuse at the apex. The fruits of C. campanensis are narrowly oblong, while those of C. buxifolia are rotund.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Cerro Campana, trail to Campana Ridge, 2300 ft, Wilbur et al. 1020 (MO).
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