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(Last Modified On 10/17/2013)
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(Last Modified On 10/17/2013)
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Genus
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Clusiella PI. & Tr.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ser. 4. 14: 253. 1860.
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TYPE: C. elegans PI. & Tr.
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Synonym
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Asthotheca Miers ex PI. & Tr., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ser. 4. 14: 254. 1860. Published without species and not definitely accepted by PI. & Tr., based on: Brazil, Spruce 2159 & 2854, neither seen. Clusia subg. Criuva sect. Asthotheca Miers ex Benth. & Hook., Gen. PI. 1: 170. 1862. Astrotheca Miers ex Vesque, Epharm. 3: 80, 81. 1892; in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 8: 171. 1893. pro. gen. orth. mut.
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Description
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Epiphytic shrubs, perhaps dioecious. Leaves elliptical, mostly acuminate, drying discolorous, the lateral veins slightly arcuate, anastomosing to form a submarginal vein; petioles short. Inflorescences short, strict or basally branched, the peduncles with successive pairs of scale-like bracts. Flowers with 5 sepals, imbricate; petals 5, rotund, quincuncial, rotund, greatly exceeding the sepals; stamens wanting in pistillate flowers, the androecium consisting of a fleshy mass with numerous partly fused staminodes at the periphery, the ovary 4-5-locular, the ovules numerous, staminate flowers unknown. Fruit a small berry.
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Habit
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shrubs
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This genus of 1-4 species is confined to wet forests of Panama and northern South America. It is usually easily recognizable by its ovate, acuminate, subses- sile leaves which dry discolorous. Material has not been available to provide good descriptions of fruits or flowers of both sexes in all species.
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