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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 11/20/2012)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 11/20/2012)
Genus POTHOMORPHE Miquel
PlaceOfPublication Bull. Sci. Phys. Nat. Neer. 450. 1840
Reference Comm. Phyt. 36. 1840.
Synonym Peperidia Kostel. Alug. Med. Pharm. Fl. 2:455. 1831, not Reichenb. 1828. Lepianthes Raf. Sylva Tellur. 85. 1838, not Lepanthes Sw. 1799. Heckeria Kunth, in Linnaea 13:564. 1839, not Raf. 1838.
Description Shrubs or large herbs; leaves large and broad, cordate at the base, or peltate; spikes dense, long, and slender, umbellate at the end of an axillary peduncle; flowers sessile, perfect, similar to those of Piper.
Distribution A small genus widely distributed in tropical America.
Key a. Leaves peltate ...........- -1. P. PELTATA aa. Leaves scarcely peltate ............ 2. P. UMBELLATA
 
 
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