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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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Lycianthes luteynii D'Arcy
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Note
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HOLOTYPE: Panama, Luteyn 836 (MO).
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Description
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Shrub or vine, twigs rusty tomentose with stellate hairs, some with stout stalks. Leaves ovate, to 15 cm long, basally rounded, oblique, apically acuminate, mem- branaceous, veins 3-4 on each side of the midvein, above puberulent with stalked, slender-armed stellae, beneath tomentose and drying lighter; petioles tomentose, ca. 15 mm long, channelled. Inflorescence a several-flowered fascicle, the peduncle obsolete but marked by a cicatrix from fallen pedicels, pedicels tomentose, sturdy, 10-15 mm long (fruiting). Flowers not seen. Fruit (im- mature) a globose or ovoid berry subtended by the tomentose calyx, the teeth 10 in 2 subequal series protruding only 1-2 mm beyond the tomentose sleeve and perhaps fused with it, the cup ca. 10 mm across.
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Habit
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Shrub or vine
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Note
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This species is known only from the type collection, taken from an upland area of the Chiriqui Mountains now undergoing clearing for cattle pasture. It is similar to L. howardiana of Central Panama but the calyx is much shorter, and the indumentum has a quite different appearance. It is named for James Luteyn, Duke University, collector of this and other interesting Panamanian Solanaceae.
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Specimen
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CHIIIQU : Upland woods along clearing path, 5.2 mi. NW of El Hato de Volcdn on road to Costa Rica, 5500 ft, Luteyn 836 (MO).
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