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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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Chomelia coclensis Dwyer
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Note
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TYPE: Panama, .Croat 25396 (MO, holotype).
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Description
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Shrubs to 3 m tall, the branchlets terete, somewhat smooth, lightly puberulent, ascending at a sharp angle, the nodes well spaced, the lenticels many but incon- spicuous. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, 4.5-10.5 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, deltoid or subobtuse at the apex, acuminate, the acumen triangular to 0.8 cm long, ul- timately obtuse, obtuse or rounded at the base, the costa prominulous above, somewhat prominent beneath, the lateral veins ca. 7, arcuate, conspicuous be- neath, the smaller veins not conspicuous, coriaceous, discolorous, dark brown and glabrous above, beneath with a few white hairs especially on the costa and the veins; petioles rigid, woody, to 1.5 cm long, to 1.5 mm wide; stipules decid- uous, only seen at the apex of the twigs, rhombic oblong, to 1 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, acute, subcoriaceous, puberulent, the veins crowded, fanlike. Inflores- cences subterminal, axillary, cymose paniculate, to 7 cm long, to 3 cm wide, the peduncle to 3 cm long. Flowers with the hypanthium oblong, glabrous, ca. 1 mm long, the calycine cup expanded, 0.1 mm long, the lobes 4, triangular, 0.1 mm long; corolla white, the tube cylindric funneliform, ca. 1.5 mm long, petaloid, glabrous without, densely white villose toward the mouth, the lobes 4, ovate, to 2.5 mm long, to 1.8 mm wide, ultimately obtuse; stamens 4, the anthers oblong, to 0.7 mm long, dorsifixed, the filaments scarcely longer than the anthers, at- tached near the mouth; stigmas 2, oblong, to 0.3 mm long, obtuse, the style ca. 2 mm long, the ovules one per locule, pendent. Fruits not seen.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Distribution
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known only from Panama.
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Note
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It is recognized by its cori- aceous leaves and rigid, elongate peduncles. The flowers are much reduced in length.
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Specimen
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COCLE: La Mesa above El Valle, 800 m, Croat 25396 (MO).
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