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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Genus
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BATOCARPUS Karst.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Fl. Colomb. 2:67, 1863
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Description
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Dioecious trees. Leaves alternate, distichous; stipules lateral. Staminate inflo- rescences in discoid involucrate heads, the bracts and bracteoles basifixed, not peltate. Pistillate inflorescences in globose heads without involucral bracts nor obvious bracteoles. Staminate flowers with a deeply 4-lobed perianth and 4 stamens with broadly oval longitudinally dehiscent anthers apically attached to the fila- ments. Pistillate flowers with a fleshy tubular accrescent perianth, the ovary superior and with a central deeply 2-lobed papillate stigma. Fruit a globose rather fleshy syncarp.
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Habit
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trees
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Note
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Two well-authenticated species, the following and B. costaricensis Standl. and L. Wms., which may be expected in western Panama.
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