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(Last Modified On 7/23/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/23/2013)
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Genus
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Lysiclesia A. C. Smith
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Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 517. 1932.
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TYPE: L. caudata A. C. Smith.
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Description
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Low, probably epiphytic, shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, estipulate, pli- nerved, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, entire, shortly petiolate. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, racemose; floral bracts solitary at the base of the pedicel, minute, triangular; pedicels bibracteolate near the base. Flowers with the hypanthium articulate with the pedicel, the tube 3-winged, the limb erect, 3- lobed, the lobes 3, erect, membranaceous, greatly enlarged; corolla tubular, mem- branaceous when dry, the lobes (4-)5, triangular, subacute; stamens 8 or 10, alternately unequal, about 1/3 the length of the corolla, the filaments distinct or slightly coherent at the base, alternately unequal, anthers basifixed, equal or alternately slightly unequal, the thecae smooth, submembranous, the tubules about the same width as the thecae but shorter, dehiscent by terminal or slightly oblique pores; style filiform, glabrous or distally pilose, the stigma truncate, the ovary inferior. Fruit unknown, but presumably a berry.
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Habit
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shrubs
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Note
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Lysiclesia may be recognized by the three large calyx lobes and short, alternately unequal stamens with poroid dehiscence. In this last character, Lysiclesia resembles Orthaea to which it is seemingly most closely related. Lysiclesia is a neotropical genus with three closely related species, two in Colombia and one in Panama. Each species is known only from its type collec- tion, and therefore, little is known about the variation within the genus.
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Distribution
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Colombia and one in Panama
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Reference
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Luteyn, J. L. and R. L. Wilbur. 1977. New genera and species of Ericaceae (Vaccinieae) from Costa Rica and Panama. Brittonia 29: 255-276. Smith, A. C. 1932. The American species of Thibaudieae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 311-547.
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