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(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/31/2012)
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Species
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AECHMEA TONDUZII Mez & Pittier
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 3:132. 1903.
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Description
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Leaves over 1 m. long; the inner sheaths erect, involute, elon- gate; blades ligulate, broadly obtuse, apiculate, laxly spinulose- serrate, becoming almost entire toward apex, 5 cm. wide, light green, coarsely pale-lepidote beneath. Scape erect, slender, less than a third as long as the leaves. Scape-bracts erect, slightly exceeding the internodes, lanceolate, acuminate into a weak mucro, entire or with a few minute teeth toward apex, membranaceous. Inflo- rescence a dense spike, cylindric, 7 cm. long, about 16-flowered. Floral bracts spreading to reflexed, triangular, acuminate, sub- pungent, much shorter than the fruiting ovary, entire, the lower ones broad. Sepals free, 3 mm. long including the terminal spine. Berry stout, ovoid, even, 18 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Panama.
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Specimen
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DARIEN: rain forest, Cana Cuasi Trail, near Camp 2, Chepigana Dis- trict, alt. 1650 m., Terry i529; near crest, alt. 1500 m., Terry I592.
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