(Last Modified On 8/19/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/19/2013)
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Genus
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Alseis Schott
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Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 4-4. 1827.
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Note
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TYPE: A. floribunda Schott.
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Description
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Trees or shrubs. Stipules free, subulate. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, spiciform cylindrical, patulous. Flowers protogynous, the hypanthium obconical, the calyx 5-lobed; corolla urceolate, inflated; stamens 5, exserted, the filaments inserted at the base of the corolla; style recurved, the ovary 2-loculate, the septum thin, the ovules numerous. Fruits capsular, narrowly oblong, lignose, dehiscing from apex to base, 2-locular, the seeds many, narrowly fusiform.
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Habit
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Trees or shrubs
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Distribution
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Alseis has about 20 species ranging from Mexico through Central America to Brazil and Peru.
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Key
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a. Leaves with lateral veins ca. 25; fruits before dehiscence ca. 0.2 cm wide ...... 1. A. blackiana aa. Leaves with lateral veins ca. 9; fruits before dehiscence 0.4 cm wide ...... 2. A. darienensis
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