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(Last Modified On 9/17/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/17/2013)
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Genus
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Rudgea Salisbury
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PlaceOfPublication
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Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 327. 1807.
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Note
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TYPE: R. lanceaefolia Salisbury.
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Synonym
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Strempelia A. Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 498. 1830. TYPE: S. guianiensis A. Rich. ex DC.
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Description
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Shrubs, occasionally small trees. Leaves often coriaceous or subcoriaceous, petiolate or sessile; stipules interpetiolar, often with subulate or prickly teeth on the dorsal surface or on the margins, the margins occasionally laciniate. Info- rescence terminal, paniculate, cymose, umbellate or capitate, occasionally 1-flowered. Flowers with the calycine cup obsolete or obvious, the teeth present or absent; corolla salverform or funnelform, the lobes valvate; ovary 2-celled, the ovules connate, attached to a common basal column. Fruits baccate; seeds vertical, commonly only one present in the mature fruit.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Distribution
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occurs throughout the American tropics and in the West Indies.
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Reference
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Steyermark, J. 1967. Rudgea. Botany of the Guayana Highland-Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 396-425.
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Key
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a. Leaves sessile, at least some auriculate and/or amplexicaul at the base; largest blades to 4 cm wide ...... 1. R. amplexic aulis aa. Leaves petiolate, not auriculate or amplexicaul; largest blades 4.5-10.0 cm wide. b. Largest leaf blades 5-11 cm long ...... 2. R. chiriquiensis bb. Largest leaf blades 12-22 cm long. c. Largest leaves 12-14 cm long. d. Fruits rotund, ca. 0.5 cm long. e. Leaves with 7-8 lateral veins; stipules ca. 0.3 cm long ...... 3. R. cornifolia ee. Leaves with 8-11 lateral veins; stipules ca. I cm long ...... 4. R. coronicarpa dd. Fruits oblong, 1 cm or more long ...... 5. R. isthinensis cc. Largest leaf blades 20-22 cm long. f. Leaves coriaceous; stipules to 1.5 cm long ...... 6. R. pittieri ff. Leaves chartaceous; stipules 0.6-0.9 cm long ...... 7. R. skutchii
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