(Last Modified On 8/28/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/28/2013)
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Genus
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Condaminea DC.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Prodr. 4: 402, 1830.
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LECTOTYPE: C. corymbosa (R. & P.) DC.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees. Leaves large, coriaceous; stipules large, bipartite. In- florescences terminal, spreading, cymose or corymbose; bracteoles absent. Flow- ers pedicellate; hypanthium turbinate campanulate, the calycine cup with 3-5 lobes or teeth; corolla funnelform or campanulate, the tube cylindrical, villous in the throat, the lobes 5, valvate, glabrous; stamens 5, the anthers exserted, narrow, sagittate, the filaments thick, inserted below the corolla mouth; ovarian disc de- pressed, the ovary 2-celled, the style stout, filiform, exserted, the stigma oblong, obtuse, the ovules numerous. Fruits--eapsular, turbinate, truncate, thick walled, dehiscing loculicidally into 2 valves-;-seeds minute, attached horizontally, the testa reticulate.
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Habit
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Shrubs or small trees
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Distribution
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occurs sporadically throughout Middle America and occurs in tropical South America.
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Note
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There are about 3 species in the genus.
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Key
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a. Leaves oblong, to 50 cm long, the lateral veins ca. 20; petioles absent or to 1 cm long ...... 1. C. corymbosa aa. Leaves lanceolate, to 15 cm long; the lateral--veins. ca. 10; petioles 0.7-1.2 cm long ...... 2. C. petiolata
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