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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 1/17/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/17/2013)
Genus LACISTEMA Sw.
PlaceOfPublication Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. 12. 1788.
Synonym Nematospermum A. Rich. in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 1:105. 1792. Synzyganthera Ruiz & Pav. Prod. Fl. Per. & Chil. 137, t. 30. 1794. Didymandra Willd. Sp. P1. 4:971. 1805.
Description Shrubs or small trees, the young branches glabrous or rarely pubescent. Leaves membranaceous to coriaceous, margin sometimes distantly serrate; stipule scars sometimes almost encircling the young stem. Inflorescences spicate or rarely racemiform, as many as 35 spikes per axil, generally equal to or exceeding the petiole of the subtending leaf. Flowers bisexual; bracteoles free; perianth present or absent, free, often erose, often unequal, white or cream; anther connective bifurcate distally. Fruit a red globose or subglobose capsule, sessile or on a short gynophore; seeds white.
Habit Shrubs trees
Distribution About 35 species in tropical America. Only 1 species represented in Panama.
 
 
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