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(Last Modified On 3/8/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/8/2013)
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Genus
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THESPESIA Solander ex Correa
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Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 290. 1807, nom. gen. conserv.
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Synonym
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Bupariti Duhamel, Sem. Plantat., Add. 5. 1760.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees, glabrous or lepidote or stellate-pubescent. Leaves long- petiolate, the stipules early caducous, the blade entire to 3- to 5-lobed. Flowers axillary, solitary, or forming terminal racemes or panicles by reduction of the upper leaves; epicalyx of 3-5 distinct, ovate to filiform bractlets, these persistent or early caducous; calyx cupuliform, usually truncate and 5-denticulate, persistent; corolla large, campanulate, the petals 5, adnate to the base of the staminal tube; staminal tube dentate or lobulate at the apex, filamentiferous on most of its length, the filaments short, the anthers hippocrepiform; ovary 5-locular, the locules 3- or 4-ovulate; style unbranched, clavate, bearing 5 stigmas. Capsules ligneous or leath- ery, indehiscent or tardily dehiscent; seeds few in each locule, obovoid or turbinate, glabrous or pubescent; cotyledons black-punctate.
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Habit
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Shrubs trees
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Distribution
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A small, mainly--Old World genus, although T. populnea (L.) Solander ex Correa is considered by some authors to be indigenous in America.
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Note
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Thespesia was reviewed by Hutchinson (New Phytol. 46: 134-138. 1947), who included several small genera that other authors (cf. Howard, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76: 89-100, fig. 1-14. 1949) consider to be distinct. Only one species is reported from Panama.
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Reference
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Hutchinson (New Phytol. 46: 134-138. 1947) Howard, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76: 89-100, fig. 1-14. 1949
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