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(Last Modified On 8/15/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/15/2013)
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Species
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Calceolaria irazuensis Donnell Smith
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 20: 292. 1895.
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Note
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TYPE: Costa Rica, Donnell Smith 4904 (K).
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Synonym
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Calceolaria costaricensis Krinzl., Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 22: 192. 1907. TYPE: Endres (B, not seen, destroyed).
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Description
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Erect or scandent herb to 2 m tall; stems puberulent, distally tomentous with short brown or purplish hairs. Leaves 4.8-12 cm long, 1.7-4.3 cm broad, broadly lanceolate, apically acuminate, basally truncate or attenuate, sometimes narrowed almost to the base of the petiole, the margin irregularly serrate or serrulate, above dark green, glandular dotted and often short pilose, beneath paler, reticulate venose, the primary and the secondary veins tomentous with brownish hairs, the lamina glabrous, dotted with sessile yellowish glands; petiole 5-15 mm long, tomentous- or villous. Inflorescence of 1-2 pairs of 2-10-flowered cymes; primary peduncles (3.5-)5-12 cm long, in vestiture resembling the stems; pedicels 0.8-4.0 cm, tomentous; bracts resembling the main leaves but smaller, subordinate bracts lacking. Flowers with the sepals 4.5-9.0 mm long, 3.5-7.0 mm broad, ovate, brownish green, both sides with yellowish hyaline glands, ciliate; corolla exter- nally glandular papillose or glandular pilose at least around the mouth, the upper lip light yellow, 6-8 mm long, 10-13 mm broad, hooded, flattened in the lateral view, the lower lip deep yellow, 15-25 mm long, 10-17 mm broad, project- ing, saccate about % of its length, internally with a tuft of white hairs below the base and between the stamens; anthers 3.5-4.0 mm long, dark brown, dehiscing throughout, the cells divaricate, equal, their distal parts bent somewhat down- ward, the filaments 1.5 mm long, glabrous; ovary glandular, style 4-5 mm long, distally decurved. Capsule 5-8 mm long, globose, with small glands and a slightly pointed apex.
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Habit
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herb
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Note
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Calceolaria irazuensis is readily distinguished from other Central American species of the genus by shape of leaves and corolla. It belongs to the section Dermatophylla Pennell,
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Distribution
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ranges from Costa Rica to Peru.
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Note
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It is an upland species, restricted in its distribution to the higher mountains of Panama and Costa Rica.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Valley of the upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, White 115 (MO). E slope of Volca'n de Chiriqui (Barut) above Boquete, 3100 m, Davidse & D'Arcy 10280 (MO). Loma Larga to summit, Volcan de Chiriqui, 2500-3380 m, Woodson et al. 1061 (MO). Potrero Muleto to summit of El Baru', D'Arcy 10161 (MO). Alto Respinga and above, 2800 m, D'Arcy 9995 (MO).
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