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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
Species PILEA AURICULATA Liebm.
PlaceOfPublication Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrift. V. 2:299. 1851.
Description Stem repent at base, with many slender, erect or decumbent branches; stipules ovate, persistent; leaves rotund-rhombic, 8-20 (rarely to 50) mm. long and wide, cuneate at base, coarsely crenate, strigillose with a few hyaline hairs above, the leaves of a node similar and subequal but one usually with a shorter petiole; plants usually dioecious, the flowers in small clusters up to 1 cm. wide, their peduncles generally exceeding the adjacent petioles; staminate flowers nearly 4 mm. long, including appendages about 1.2 mm. long; pistillate flowers with 1 of the segments larger than the others, auriculate; achenes broadly ovate, nearly 2 mm. long.
Distribution Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica (where common), and western Pan- ama; wet forests
Elevation 1500 to 3000 m.
Specimen CHIRIQUI: Chiriqui Volcano, Woodson, Allen & Seibert 934, Woodson & Schery 346, P. White 228; Bajo Chorro, Davidson 214.
 
 
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