(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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Genus
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ANOMOSPERMUM Miers.
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Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. 7: 39. 1851.
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Description
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Woody climbers. Leaves alternate, petiolate. Staminate inflorescence axillary, solitary or fasciculate, racemiform or paniculiform. Staminate flowers 3-merous, actinomorphic: Sepals 6, the exterior bracteoliform, the interior conspicuously larger, imbricate; petals 6, so greatly involute as to almost conceal the stamens by forming a "pseudodisc"; stamens 6, free, dehiscence longitudinal. Pistillate in- florescence axillary, racemose or sessile and umbelliform. Pistillate flowers: Sepals and petals similar to the staminate; staminodia 6; carpels 3, free; stigma sub- sessile or sessile, lingulate. Drupes 1-3, excentrically stipitate, erect or curved; albumen copious, ruminate.
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Habit
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climber
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Distribution
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About 11 species. South America and Panama.
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Note
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The only representative of this genus thus far collected in Panama (COCL&, El Valle de Anton, Allen 3538) is perhaps a new species but the absence of flower- ing material prevents an adequate analysis at this time. This specimen is closely related to Anomospermum reticulatum (Mart.) Eichl. of the Amazon basin in that the extremely dense venation reticulum of the lamina is as conspicuous be- neath as above, but differs in the glabrous petioles and the absence of any pubes- cence on the lower leaf surface.
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