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(Last Modified On 1/17/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/17/2013)
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Genus
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LOZANIA Mutis
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Contin. Seman. Nouv. Reino de Granada, 3:20. 1810.
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Synonym
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Monandrodendron Mansf. in Notizbl. 10:861. 1929.
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Description
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Shrubs or trees, the young branches pubescent or rarely glabrous. Leaves gen- erally pubescent below, membranaceous to subcoriaceous, the margin entire or serrate; stipule scars at most half encircling the young stem. Inflorescences racemiform or paniculiform, solitary or as many as 5 per axil, always much longer than the petiole of the subtending leaf. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, bracteoles connate, the perianth monochlamydeous, connate at the base, equal, white to yellow-green. Fruit a small globose capsule, sessile.
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Habit
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Shrubs trees
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Distribution
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Six species, Central and South America.
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a. Racemes solitary; leaves broadly obovate-elliptic; bracts densely pubes- cent; staminal filament much longer than broad ....................................... 1. L. PEDICELLATA aa. Racemes solitary or 2-3; leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic; bracts glabrous; staminal filament as long as broad ............................................. 2. L. MONTANA
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