(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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URERA LACINIATA (Goudot) Wedd.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Sci. Nat. III. 18:203. 1852.
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Synonym
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Urtica laciniata Goudot, ex Wedd. loc. cit., as synonym. Urera girardiniodes Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 194. 1854.
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Description
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Low tree, shrub, or erect herb, 1-4 m. high, the branches densely covered with stout bristles or spines; leaves 15-35 cm. long and wide, deeply incised-lobed (lobes acuminate, entire or few-toothed), spiny on the nerves beneath, membranous, glabrescent; inflorescence paniculate, up to 20 cm. long; staminate flowers in glomerules, the pistillate in glomerules or often distinct, sessile; achenes about 1.5 mm. long, suboblique.
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Habit
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tree shrub,
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Habit
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herb
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Distribution
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Costa Rica to Venezuela and Peru, at low altitudes.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Las Cruces, Seemann 872 (type of U. girardiniodes).
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