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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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THECOPHYLLUM ACUMINATUM L. B. Smith
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PlaceOfPublication
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Contrib. Gray Herb. 117:30. 1937.
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Description
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Stemless or short-caulescent, 24-35 cm. high. Leaves many in a dense cyathiform rosette, 15 cm. long; sheaths 5 cm. long, dark castaneous; blades ligulate, acuminate, flat, 15 mm. wide, green. Scape erect, slender. Scape- bracts foliaceous, densely imbricate. Inflorescence dense- ly subcapitate, 35 mm. long, 75 mm. in diameter. Pri- mary bracts ovate, acuminate, green, much exceeding the flowers, the lower ones with 2 flowers in each axil. Branches aborted. Floral bracts broadly elliptic, up to 12 mm. long, exceeded by the sepals, membranaceous, densely brown-punctulate. Flowers subsessile. Sepals broadly elliptic, obtuse, 14 mm. long, 11 mm. wide, thin- coriaceous, brown-punctulate.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Panama.
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Specimen
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COCLE: north of El Valle de Anton, trail to Las Minas, alt. ca. 1000 m., Allen 2884. PANAMA: summit of Cerro Campana, alt. 800-1000 m., Allen 2215.
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