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(Last Modified On 9/17/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/17/2013)
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Species
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Rondeletia darienensis Standley
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PlaceOfPublication
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N. Amer. Fl. 32: 53. 1918.
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Note
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TYPE: Panama, Pittier 4684 (US, holotype; F, isotype).
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Description
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Shrubs?, the branchlets terete, webby tomentose. Leaves ovate to elliptic, 7.5-17.0 cm long, 2.5-7.0 cm wide, acuminate, basally cuneate or obtuse, the costa prominent beneath, the lateral veins prominent beneath, the blades arach- noid tomentose; petioles 0.3-2.0 cm long, tomentose; stipules ovate, ca. 0.8 mm long, the sheathing base 5-6 mm wide, adaxially glabrous, tomentose along the margin and sericeous in the center. Inflorescences axillary, thrysoid, 4-5 cm long, the peduncle 1.0-1.5 cm long, arachnoid tomentose; bracts 2, 3-4 mm long; bracteoles 1 or 2. Flowers with the pedicels to 1 cm long, white tomentose; hypanthium oblong, ca. 3 mm long, ca. 2 mm wide, the calycine lobes 4, lanceo- late, 1.0-1.3 cm long, 0.2-0.4 cm wide, acute, glabrous within; corolla densely tomentose. Fruits capsular, ca. 4 mm long.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Distribution
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known only from a single collection in Panama.
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Specimen
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DARIEN: Boca de Paurand6, on Sambu River, southern Darien, 20 m, Pittier 4684 (F, US).
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