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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 8/19/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 8/19/2013)
Genus Alseis Schott
PlaceOfPublication Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 4-4. 1827.
Note TYPE: A. floribunda Schott.
Description 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.
Habit Trees or shrubs
Distribution Alseis has about 20 species ranging from Mexico through Central America to Brazil and Peru.
Key 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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