(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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Rudgea chiriquiensis Dwyer
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Note
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TYPE: Panama, Croat 37017 (MO, holotype).
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Description
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Shrubs to 4 m tall, the branchlets terete, glabrous, the nodes moderately turgid, well spaced. Leaves oblong, 5-11 cm long, 1.5-5.0 cm wide, acute to subobtuse at the apex, acuminate, the acumen often falcate, ultimately acute, the base acute to vaguely obtuse, slightly inequilateral, the costa and the veins above plane, scarcely prominulous beneath, the lateral veins 6-8, arcuate, the submar- ginal vein scarcely distinguishable, the intervenal areas patulous reticulate, thinly chartaceous, somewhat discolorous when dry, glabrous; petioles slender, to 1.5 cm long, ca. 0.1 cm wide, glabrous, often rigid; stipules perhaps connate basally, widely triangular or subhemispherical, to 3.5 mm long, the marginal or submar- ginal glands few, oblong, to 1 mm long, the sheath drying black. Inflorescences terminal, cymose paniculate, glabrous, 3-7 cm long, 2-10 cm wide, the peduncle slender, 1.0-1.2 cm long, with 3 branches arising at the apex of the peduncle, these arcuate or angular ascending, 1-4 cm long, each branch terminated by 3 short and spreading branchlets, the cymules 3-flowered; bracts subulate, to 2 mm long, the bracteoles ovate, to 1.2 mm long. Flowers sessile, the hypanthium ca. 1 mm long, black, glabrous, the calycine cup ca. 0.5 mm long, truncate, the margin undulate or with 5 widely triangular, scarcely measurable teeth; corolla (in bud) ca. 7 mm long. 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 distinguished by its small leaves and reduced stipules.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUf: Cerro Colorado, along road above San F6lix, 29 km above bridge over Rio San F6lix, 7.9 km above turnoff to Escopeta, disturbed primary forest, 1500 m, Croat 37071 (MO).
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