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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 CUSPIDATA Wedd.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Arch. Mus. Paris 9:345. 1856.
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Synonym
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Boehmeria ra-miflora var. cuspidata Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 161:197. 1869.
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Description
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Slender shrub or suffrutescent herb, up to 3 m. high, the stem appressed- pubescent; leaves of adjacent nodes similar but unequal, cuspidate-acuminate, coarsely serrate, entire toward the cuneate or slightly rounded, suboblique base, appressed-hispidulous above, sparingly pilosulous beneath, the larger leaves 6-15 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide (smaller on the branches), the petioles slender, up to 5 cm. long, the smaller leaves 3-5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, the petioles up to 1.5 cm. long; plant monoecious (or dioecious?), the flower-clusters axillary; staminate perianth 3-lobed; pistillate perianth elliptic, about 1.5 mm. long, narrowly margined, bidentate.
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Habit
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shrub herb
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Distribution
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Southern Mexico to Panama.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: hills above Campana, alt. 600-800 in., Allen I3IO.
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