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(Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
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Genus
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Dressleriopsis Dwyer
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Note
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TYPE: D. panamensis Dwyer.
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Description
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Subshrubs. Leaves often cordate toward the base, petiolate; stipules free, triangular. Inflorescences axillary, the flowers disposed in globose heads, the peduncle absent, the bracteoles subulate. Flowers subsessile, the calycine cup
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Habit
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Subshrubs
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Description
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with 4 lobes, with glands inside; corolla tube cylindrical, the lobes 5; stamens 5, the anthers oblong, the filaments short; style slender, the stigmas 8; ovary 8-locellate, the ovules 8, each filling a locule, the placentation axile; ovarian disc cushion shaped. Fruits baccate; pyrenes 8; the lobes of the calyx persistent.
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Note
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The 8-carpellate nature of the flowers distinguishes the genus from all other New World genera of the Rubiaceae. It is named for Robert L. Dressler.
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