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(Last Modified On 9/10/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/10/2013)
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Species
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Manettia flexilis Brandegee
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PlaceOfPublication
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Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 196. 1915.
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Note
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TYPE: Mexico, Purpus 7118 (UC, holotype).
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Synonym
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Manettia estrellae Standley, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 6. 1925. TYPE: Costa Rica, Standley 39224 (US, holotype).
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Description
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Vines, the stems flexuous, the hairs short, curled, white. Leaves oblong, ovate oblong or trapeziform, to 5(-7?) cm long, 1.5 cm wide or wider, acute or long attenuate (Standley) at the apex, acute to obtuse at the base, the costa subim- mersed above, prominulous to plane beneath, the lateral veins 7-8, arcuate, mem- branous, glabrous to villosulose above, short pilose or villosulose beneath; pet- ioles slender, to 1 cm long, to 0.5 mm wide, puberulent; stipules not seen. Inflorescences axillary, umbelliform, the peduncle reduced, the flowers conglom- erate. Flowers on short pedicels to 0.5 cm long; hypanthium to 0.5 mm long, densely villose, the calycine cup to 0.4 mm long, the calycine lobes 4, lanceolate, ca. 3 mm long, ca. 0.8 mm wide, venose, the hairs dense and curled outside, at least 1 erect oblong gland to 0.35 mm long at a sinus; corolla white, the tube (in bud) short, villose outside, glabrous inside, the lobes 4, to 3 mm long, ca. 0.7 mm wide, densely villose abaxially; stamens 4, the anthers ca. 0.7 mm long, the filaments short. Fruits turbinate, 5-7 mm long, sparsely villose.
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Habit
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Vines
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Distribution
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known from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUf: 5.4 km from Hato de Volcan on road to Las Lagunas, Correa & Lazor 1481 (MO). W of Cerro Pando (Rio Chiriqui Viejo), D'Arcy & D'Arcy 6616 (MO). Bajo Mono, Boquete, Davidlson 468 (MO).
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