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(Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
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Genus
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Exostema Rich.
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H. & B., P1. Aeq. 1: 131. 1808.
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TYPE: E. parviflorum Richard.
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Synonym
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Solendra Hook. in Benth. & Hook., Gen. P1. 2: 12, 43, 1873, not Solenandria P. Beauv. ex Ventanat (1803). TYPE: S. ixoroides J. D. Hooker. Steudelago Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1. 298. 1891. Substitute name for Solenandra Hooker, 1873.
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Description
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Shrubs or trees. Leaves petiolate or subsessile; stipules entire or bifid, often persistent. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate or corymbose, flowers occasion- ally solitary and axillary (not Panama spp.)-; bracteoles present or absent. Flowers pedicellate, calyx 4-5-lobate, the lobes often narrow; corolla usually elongate, the lobes (4-)5, usually elongate and narrow with 2 exterior in bud; stamens 5, usually exserted, the filaments linear, connate at the very base and appearing free of the tube; ovarian disc annular, the style slender, usually exserted, the capitate stigma entire or 2-lobed, the ovules numerous, the placentas peltately adnate to the septum. Fruits capsular, 2-celled and 2-valvate, septicidally dehiscent with each valve entire or bivalvate; seeds usually numerous, imbricate, the body ob- long, compressed, the testa membranous, produced into a wing.
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Habit
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Shrubs or trees
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Distribution
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occurs in Mexico, Panama and south to Peru; it also is found in the West Indies.
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