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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 PEDICELLATUM Mez & Werckle
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. 3:136. 1903.
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Description
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Stemless, 5-9 dm. high. Leaves many, 30-65 cm. long; sheaths large, dark brown toward base, coarsely pale-appressed-lepidote toward apex; blades ligulate, acute or subobtuse, 25-90 mm. wide. Scape stout, about equaling the leaves. Scape-bracts erect, mostly imbricate. Inflorescence cylindric, 25-50 cm. long, glabrous. Primary bracts lance-ovate, exceeded at least by the flowers. Branches from rather short in the Costa Rican specimens to 10 cm. long in the Panamanian, erect, slender, lax. Floral bracts membranaceous, shorter or longer than the pedicels. Flowers spreading, often secund. Pedicels slender, 1-2 cm. long. Sepals broadly obovate, asymmetric, obtuse, 7-11 mm. long, convex, ecarinate, coriaceous, even, free. Petals oblanceolate, obtuse, 15 mm. long. Capsules slenderly ellipsoid, acuminate, 25 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Panama.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: rain forest, Bajo Chorro, Boquete District, alt. 1800 m., Davidson 307. The single Panamanian specimen has much larger leaves, branches and floral bracts than are usual, but it is too old to show whether these are supported by other characters which would distinguish it specifically.
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