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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/30/2013)
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Genus
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Louteridium S. Watson
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PlaceOfPublication
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Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 23: 284. 1888.
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Note
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TYPE: L. donnell- smithii S. Watson.
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Description
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Shrubs. Leaves petiolate, glabrous, the cystoliths present, the margins en- tire or crenate. Inflorescences in terminal panicles or racemes; bracts small. Flowers with 3-merous calyx; corolla large, red, light green or yellow, the tube expanding abruptly just above the ovary into a hood with 5 short, unequal lobes; stamens 2 or 4, exserted from an arched position in the bud, the anther cells parallel; style exserted from an arched position in the bud. Capsule sessile.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Distribution
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Five species are found in the wet forests of Mexico and Central America.
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