(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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PILEA IMPARIFOLIA Wedd.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Sci. Nat. III. Bot. 18:212. 1852.
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Description
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Decumbent or subrepent herb with numerous erect branches, essentially gla- brous throughout; leaves of a node unequal and dissimilar, the larger rhombic-ovate to elliptic-oblong or obovate, 1-6 cm. long, 0.8-2 cm. wide, narrowed at apex, acute or attenuate at base, sessile or short-petioled, crenate-serrate above middle, the smaller leaves obovate-orbicular or orbicular-reniform, 0.6-1.5 cm. long, strongly asymmetrical, subentire; cystoliths linear on upper leaf surface, unequally puncti- form beneath; plants dioecious, the cymes sessile or subsessile, few-flowered; achenes about 1 mm. long.
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Habit
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herb
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Distribution
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Panama to northern Peru, eastward to the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil; usually in dense forests.
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Specimen
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COCLE: trail to Las Minas, north of El Valle de Anton, alt. 1000 m., climbing on trees and boulders, Allen 2470; El Valle de Ant6n, 1000 m., on tree trunk, Alston 8791.
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Note
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This species is common in the forests of the Choco, Colombia, where it shows much variation in shape and size of the leaves. Doubtless it occurs in Darien.
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