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(Last Modified On 9/18/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/18/2013)
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Genus
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Tobagoa Urban
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Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 341. 1916.
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Note
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TYPE: T. maleolens Urb.
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Description
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Herbs, the stems somewhat angular, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, the few lateral veins strongly ascending near the margin, glabrous; petioles obvious; stipules connate, the sheath with 3 setas. Inflorescences axillary, capitate; bracts suborbicular with numerous segments. Flowers with calycine teeth 4, subequal; corolla rotate infundibuliform, densely pubescent outside, the lobes 4, valvate; stamens 4, the anthers oval; ovary 2-celled, with a single ovule per cell, attached to the upper part of the septum. Fruits vaguely didymous, the calyx persistent; seeds obovate, concave ventrally, delicately reticulate.
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Habit
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Herbs
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Note
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a monotypic genus
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Distribution
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known from Panama, Tobago, and the north coast of Venezuela.
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