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(Last Modified On 7/3/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/3/2013)
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Species
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Symplocos austin-smithii Standley
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PlaceOfPublication
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Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 915. 1938.
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Note
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TYPE: Costa Rica, Austin Smith A380 (F, holotype; MO, isotype).
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Synonym
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Symplocos brenesii Standley, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 916. 1938. TYPE: Costa Rica, Brenes 4456 (F, holotype).
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Description
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Trees to 20 m tall, slash red; twigs canescent with mostly ascending, mostly appressed, long, stout, uniseriate hairs. Leaves 4-12 cm long, 25 cm wide, el- liptical or obovate, apically acuminate with a short drip tip, basally obtuse, the margins entire or crenulate, chartaceous, glabrous and drying dark above, lighter beneath and softly pubescent with long, dispersed, mostly straight, appressed hairs; petiole ca. 10 mm long, canaliculate above. Inflorescences short, axillary racemes or panicles; peduncle short, to ca. 8 mm long, stout, densely reddish or yellowish tomentose; bracts caducous; pedicels short or wanting. Flowers white; calyx densely canescent outside, the sepals obtuse or rounded, ca. 2 mm wide, 21/2 mm long, glabrous near the margin but ciliate at the margin; corolla 7-8 mm long, the petals free except almost at the base, pubescent outside, sometimes only near the tips; stamens numerous; style long-pilose near the base, the ovary densely pilose. Fruits ellipsoid, 20 mm long, 10-12 mm across, the apical, superior portion of the ovary 5-6 mm across, 3-locular.
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Trees
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Boquete, 500 ft, Davidson 803 (MO, US). Volca'n de Chiriqui, Boquete, 7000 ft, Davidson 887 (US). Cerro Horqueta, 1500 m, Duke et al. 13614 (MO, PMA). Cerro Punta, 2000( m, Lao 346 (MO). Finca Collins, 5800-6700 ft, Stern et al. 2028 (MO, US). Valley of upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, White 339 (F, MO).
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