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(Last Modified On 5/15/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/15/2013)
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Species
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Cestrum racemosum R. & P.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fl. Peru. 2: 29, tab. 154. 1799.
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TYPE: Peru, Ruiz s.n. (F).
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Synonym
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Cestrum mathewsii Dun. in DC., Prodr. 13(1): 637. 1852. TYPE: Peru, Mathews s.n. (US). Cestrum. panamense Standl., Jour. Washington Acad. Sci. 15: 460. 1925. TYPE: Panama, Panama, Rio Tapia, Standley 28042 (US). Cestrum grande Pittier, Jour. Washington Acad. Sci. 22: 32. 1932. TYPE: Venezuela, Pittier 10393 (NY). Cestrum racemosum var. grande (Pittier) Francey, Candollea 6: 275. 1935. Cestrum racemosum var. panamense (Standl.) Francey, Candollea 6: 274-5. 1935. Cestrum racemosum var. bolivianum Francey, Candollea 6: 274-5. 1935. TYPE: Bolivia, Steinbach 7259 (MO).
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Description
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Shrub or tree to 12 m tall; twigs green, slender, glabrous. Leaves mostly 10-15 cm long, ovate or elliptical, oblique, apically acute or acuminate, basally rounded or obtuse, the margins sometimes revolute, soft membranaceous, dark This content downloaded from 192.104.39.2 on Tue, 14 May 2013 16:07:58 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions610 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN [VOL. 60 green, glabrous when mature, the veins many, evenly spaced and arcuate on each side of the midrib, raised and conspicuous beneath; petioles short, to 2 cm long; minor leaves absent. Inflorescences many, congested, distributed along the branches, axillary or terminal; peduncles short, to 3 cm long, angled, mostly un- branched, lengthening to 9 cm in fruit; pedicels to 4 mm long with linear, 1 mm long bracteoles. Flowers with the calyx ca. 3 mm long, cyathiform, campanulate or short tubular, prominently costate or not, pubescent or glabrous outside, glabrous within, short-lobed; corolla yellowish or greenish, sometimes purple blotched, the tube 10 mm long, slender, opening gradually to the apex, glabrous outside, inside glabrous or pubescent, sometimes tomentose at the base, the lobes 3-4 mm long; stamens equal, the filaments 1.5-3 mm free, smooth and straight, often pubescent below, not tumid, barbellate or appendaged; stigma included. Fruit black, ca. 6 mm long, obovoid.
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Habit
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Shrub or tree
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Note
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The many parallel arcuate veins which stand out on the leaf undersides and the lack of pubescence on the mature leaves and corolla exterior are good characters for recognition of this species. Cestrum racemosum is one of the common and widespread species of Cestrum in tropical America.
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Distribution
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ranges from Brazil to British Honduras
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Note
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A plant of stream sides and forest edges, it is found at lower and middle elevations and ascends to middle elevations in Chiriqui Province.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Region of Almirante, Farm 8 pasture, Cooper 574 (F). Changuinola Valley, Dunlap 579 (F, US). Zigla road at junction of Changuinola and Tuibe rivers, along wet bank of Changuinola, Lazor et al. 2544 (FSU). Changuinola to 5 mi. S at junction of Rios Changuinola and Teribe, 100-200 ft, edge of river and railway, and adjacent rain forest, Lewis et al. 847 (MO). Vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel 1257 (GH, MO). Fish Creek, vicinity of Chiriqui Lagoon, von Wedel 2192 (GH, MO, US). CANAL ZONE: Pipeline Road 4.4 mi. NW of gate, Croat 12753 (MO). Roadside near Rio Pedro Miguel, Madden Forest, D'Arcy 5160 (ADW, BIRM, C, F, MO, MPU, PMA, UCWI), 5160B (MO). Madden Forest, side of disused gravel road, D'Arcy 5246 (MO). Gatun, Dwyer 1777 (MO). Madden Dam, Dwyer 4003 (MO). Between Summit and Gamboa, Greenman & Greenman 5218 (MO). Barro Colorado Island, Bailey & Bailey 159 (F); Croat 6454 (DUKE, MO), 7386 (MO), 8899 (DUKE, MO, NY); Ebinger 298 (MO, US). CHIRIQUI: Above Paseo la Canoa, 3,100 ft, D'Arcy 5432 (MO). Along Rio Dupi near sea level, Pittier 5238 (NY). COCLE: Near El Valle de Anton, Croat 13284 (MO). Cloud forest at La Mesa above El Valle, Croat 13415 (MO, SCZ). Cerro Pilon above El Valle, Croat 14325 (MO). Near El Valle, cloud forest on slopes of Cerro Pilon, Duke 12188 (F, MO, OS). Between Cerro Pilon and El Valle de Anton, 700-900 m, cloud forest, Duke & Dwyer 13892 (G, MO, MPU, W). El Valle de Anton at foot of Cerro Pilon, 2,000 ft, cloud forest, Dwyer & Correa 7960, 7970 (both MO), 7980 (C, F, G, MO, MPU, PMA, WIS). COLON: Vicinity of Guasimo on Rio Miguel de la Borda, Croat 10000 (SCZ). Maria Chiquita, E of Rio Piedras toward Portobelo, thickets near beach, Dwyer & Kirkbride 7770 (COL, DUKE, MO, NY, SCZ, UC). Salud, Lao & Holdridge 185 (MO, PMA). DARIEN: 0-2 mi. E of Tres Bocas, along the shortest headwater of Rio Cuasi, Kirkbridge & Duke 1185 (MO). Manene to the mouth of the Rio Cuasi, Kirkbridge & Bristan 1497 (MO). Vicinity of Yaviza along Rio Chucunaque, along Inter- American Highway between Pinogana and Yaviza, 1 km from Tuira, Stern et al. 130 (MO). PANAMA: Tocumen near airport, Dwyer 4060 (MO). Along Rio Pacora, 200 m downstream from bridge of Carretera Interamericana, Nee & Mori 3629 (MO).
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