Tropicos | Name - Palicourea chiriquina Standl.

Palicourea chiriquina Standl.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 9/11/2013)

Species	Palicourea chiriquina Standley
PlaceOfPublication	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 140. 1916.
Note	TYPE: Panama, Pittier 3118 (US, holotype).
Description	Shrubs to 3 m tall, the nodal scars circular, prominent. Leaves elliptic, to 7.2 cm long, to 2.2 cm wide, acute at the apex, the acumen ca. 0.5 cm long, cuneate or acute at the base, the costa subplane beneath, the lateral veins 8-9, arcuate, reaching to the margin, drying somewhat red, the margin delicately revolute, chartaceous, drying red black above, brown beneath, glabrous, minutely punctate or rugulose above; petioles slender, ca. 0.5 cm long; stipules connate, to 3 mm long, each part 2-lobed, the lobes linear, shorter than the sheath. Inflorescences terminal, cymose paniculate, to 6 cm long, ca. 5 cm wide, the peduncle ca. 1/2 the length of the inflorescence, terminated by 3 spreading branches terminated by loose clusters of radiately disposed flowers; bracteoles ca. 1 mm long. Flowers with the hypanthium short, the calycine cup ca. 1 mm long, the teeth evanescent, glabrous; corolla white, 5-6 mm long, the tube cylindrical, inflated, the lobes oblong, ca. 2 mm long, obtuse. Fruits not seen.
Habit	Shrubs
Distribution	known only from Panama.
Specimen	CHIRIQUf: Cuesta de las Palmas, Pittier 3118 (US). Finca Collins, Boquete, Stern et al. 2014 (US).