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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Species
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BOEHMERIA ASPERA Wedd.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Arch. Mus. Paris 9:349. P. II, f. 24-28. 1856.
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Description
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Shrub or suffrutescent herb, 1-3 m. high; leaves alternate, those of the adjacent nodes very unequal and somewhat dissimilar, crenate-serrate, coriaceous, strongly bullate, smooth or hispid above, densely cano-hirsute beneath, the larger lanceolate, 4-15 cm. long, 1-4 cm. wide, long-acuminate, the smaller leaves ovate, 1-5 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. wide, acute; plants monoecious, the flower-clusters predominantly pistillate; staminate perianth 4-lobed; pistillate perianth about 1 mm. long, sericeo- pubescent at throat, bidentate.
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Habit
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herb
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Distribution
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Costa Rica to Peru.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: vicinity of Bajo Mona and Quebrada Chiquero, alt. 1500 m., Woodson d Schery 56o.
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