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(Last Modified On 9/13/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/13/2013)
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Species
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Psychotria erecta (Aubl.) Standley & Steyermark
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Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 24. 1943.
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Synonym
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Ronabea erecta Aubl., Hist. P1. Guiane 1: 156. 1775. TYPE: French Guiana, Aublet, not seen. Ronabea latifolia Aubl., Hist. P1. Guiane 1: 154. 1775. TYPE: French Guiana, Sagot 311 (BM, isotype, not seen; photo, NY). Psychotria axillaris Willd., Sp. P1. 1: 962. 1798. Not P. axillaris Vell. 1827. TYPE: not seen. Mapouria subsessilis Muell.-Arg. var. angustifolia Muell.-Arg. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 6(5): 411. 1881. TYPE: Amazonas, Venezuela, Spruce 3559, not seen. Psychotriafluctuans Standley var. angustifolia (Muell.-Arg.) Standley, Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 7: 447. 1931. TYPE: Amazonas, Brazil, Schomburgk 994, not seen. Appunia parviflora Lundell, Contr. U. Mich. Herb. 4: 28. 1940. TYPE: Belize, Gentle 2986 (MICH, holotype).
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Description
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Shrubs 0.5-8.0 m high, the branchlets 4-angled, ridged, often nigrescent, se- riceous or glabrescent. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 9-15 cm long, 3-12 cm wide, acuminate at the apex, sometimes abruptly shortly acuminate, attenuate or obtuse at the base, the midvein prominent beneath, the lateral veins 6-12, arcuate, anas- tomosing close to the margin, the veinlets conspicuous; petioles 6-16 mm long, often stout, sericeous or glabrate; stipules subpersistent, free, entire, lanceolate or subulate, acuminate or obtuse at the apex, sericeous. Inflorescences axillary, geminate or solitary, to 8 mm long, densely sericeous, the peduncle short, bearing a few sessile flowers, the bracts minute, to 1 mm long, triangular ovate, acute or obtuse at the apex. Flowers sessile, the calyx cupuliform, the cup ca. 2 mm long, subtruncate or minutely and irregularly toothed, glabrous; corolla white or yel- low, the tube ca. 3 mm long, glabrous outside, sericeous in the throat, the lobes oblong, ca. 2.5 mm long, strongly cucullate, glabrous outside, papillose within; stamens 5, the anthers oblong, ca. 1.2 mm long, shortly acuminate at the apex; ovarian disc tubular, ca. 0.8-1.0 mm long, the style thick, ca. 2.8 mm long, dilated above, the stigmas obtuse, ca. 0.6 mm long. Fruits elliptic, 5.5-8.0 mm long, 2.5- 6.0 mm wide, drying black, glabrous, the pyrenes 2, the ventral face of the seed plane, the dorsal face ecostate but muricate.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Distribution
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known from lowlands and highlands of Panama and Costa Rica.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Punta Pena, Lewis et al. 2187 (GH, MO, US). Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 2358 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Between Fort Sherman and Fort San Lorenzo, Croat 15410 (MO). Between Chilibre and Madden Dam, Dwyer 8405 (MO). Gatin and Gatin Lake, Johnston 1593 (MO). COLON: Santa Rita Ridge, Correa & Dressler 1048 (MO); Dwyer & Correa 8405 (MO); Dwyer & Lallathin 9017 (MO); Folsom 3701 (MO); Gentry 6574 (MO); Porter et al. 4776 (COL, DUKE, MO, SCZ, UC). Santa Rita Lumber Road, 3.1 km E of Agua Clara rain gauge, Witherspoon & Witherspoon 8310 (MO, US). DARIEN: 10 mi S of El Real, Rio Pirre, Duke 5425 (MO). Without other locality, Duke 9531 (MO). Loma Cuasi, behind Manene, Duke 13613 (MO). PANAMA: Cerro Jefe, Busey 803 (MO). La Eneida, Cerro Jefe, Correa & Dressler 965 (MO). El Llano to Carti, Croat 22875 (MO). Cerro Azul, Dwyer 2796, 3108 (both MO). Cerro Jefe, Dwyer & Gauger 7344 (MO); Dwyer & Gentry 9429 (MO). Cerro Campana, Folsom et al. 2291 (MO). El Llano to Carti-Tupile, Kennedy 1778 (MO). Road past Cerro Azul, Mori & Kallunki 2215 (MO). Gorgas Memorial Lab, 25 mi NE of Cerro Azul, Mori & Kallunki 3282 (MO). 5-10 km NE of Altos de Pacora, Mori & Kallunki 6060 (MO). Cerro Jefe, Tyson et al. 4341, 4363 (both MO). SAN BLAS: Between Mandinga and Cangandi, Duke 14742 (MO). Rio Diabolo and Rio Acuati, Duke 14894, 14898 (both MO). Between Continental Divide and Coast opposite Carti, Kennedy 2615 (MO).
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