(Last Modified On 1/17/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/17/2013)
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Species
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AMPELOCERA HOTTLEI (Standl.) Standl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Trop. Woods 51:11. 1937.
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Synonym
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Celtis hottlei Standl. in Trop. Woods 20:20. 1929.
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Description
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Apparently bisexual trees to 30 m. tall. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 7-13 cm. long, 3-6 cm. broad, glabrous, coriaceous, shortly attenuate at the apex, acute at the base, entire; petiole 0.3-0.6 cm. long. Inflorescence dense, at most only slightly exceeding the petiole of the subtending leaf in length. Flowers sessile, subtended by a pair of bracteoles; sepals 5, fused for about half of their length, cream; stamens 10 or rarely more, exserted, the filaments about 2 mm. long, glabrous, the anthers 1.25 mm. long, 0.75 mm. broad, basifixed; styles persistent, stigmas bifid, divergent. Fruit globose, about 10 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter, densely puberulent, yellow.
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Distribution
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A Central American species found generally at low altitudes in well developed forests.
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Specimen
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SAN BLAS: forest about Puerto Obaldia, Pittier 43i9.
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