(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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ULMUS MEXICANA (Liebm.) Planch.
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PlaceOfPublication
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DC. Prodr. 17:156. 1873.
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Synonym
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Chaetoptelea mexicana Liebm. in Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 77. 1850.
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Description
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Trees to 25 m. tall, the young branches sparsely hirsute to glabrous. Leaves lanceolate- to ovate-elliptic, 4-16 cm. long, 2-7 cm. broad, acute to attenuate at the apex, only the costa pubescent above, glabrous to puberulent below, serrate; petiole 4-10 mm. long, glabrous to sparsely hirsute. Inflorescence racemose, to 6 cm. long. Flowers with pedicel to 5 mm. long, hirsute; tepals 5, connate into a more or less campanulate tube, white; stamens 5, exserted, the filaments about 3.5 mm. long, the anthers about 0.75 mm. long, 1 mm. broad; ovary obovate, velu- tinous on margins, borne on a cuneate gynophore, the styles introrsely recurved, papillose stigmatic surface. Fruit obovate, 9-11 mm. long, 2.5-3.0 mm. broad; seed about 1.75 mm. long, 1.25 mm. broad.
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Habit
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Tree
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Distribution
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Mexico to Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Rio Chiriqui Viejo, 3 kilometers n. of Camp El Volcan, Little 6o6o, 6074, 6076; trail from Paso Ancho to Monte Lirio, upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, alt. 1500-2000 m., Allen i59i; Boquete, el. 5500 ft., Davidson 533.
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