(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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Cosmibuena Ruiz & Pavon,
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fl. Per. Chil. Prodr. 3: 2. 1802.
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Note
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Nomen conservan- dum. TYPE: C. obtusifolia Ruiz & Pavon not Cosmibuena Ruiz & Pavon (1794). Nomen rejiciendum (Chrysobalanaceae). Buena Pohl, P1. Bras. Ic. 1: 8. 1827.
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Description
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Shrubs, glabrous, usually epiphytic. Leaves fleshy, petiolate; stipules large, deciduous. Inflorescences terminal, cymose or the flowers solitary; bracts and bracteoles present. Flowers large; hypanthium oblong or turbinate, the calycine cup tubular or campanulate, the teeth 5-6, usually unequal; corolla salverform or funnelform, the tube elongate, 5-6-lobed, the lobes contorted; stamens 5-6, the anthers linear, basifixed, included, the filaments short; ovarian disc cup
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Shrubs
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shaped, the style elongate, clavate at the apex, the stigmas 2. Fruits capsular, narrowly oblong or cylindrical, septicidally bivalvate from the apex, the epicarp separating from the endocarp; seeds numerous, oblong, the body small, the testa membranous, produced at each end into a narrow wing.
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a. Calyx cup ca. 1.1 cm long, the teeth only minute points; corolla tube to 7.5 cm long ...... 1. C. ovalis aa. Calyx cup 3.3-5 mm long, the teeth 1.5-3 mm long; corolla tube 6-10 cm long ...... 2. C. skinneri
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