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(Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
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Species
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Faramea papulata Dwyer & Hayden
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PlaceOfPublication
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Phytologia 15: 57. 1967.
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Note
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TYPE: Panamai, Tyson et al. 2218 (MO, holotype).
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Description
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Shrubs to 4 m tall, glabrous, the branchlets somewhat plane, the nodes well spaced. Leaves elliptic, 12-14.5 cm long, 5.5-7.5 cm wide, rounded at the apex, acuminate, the acumen 0.3-0.8 cm long, ultimately obtuse, basally rounded or widely cuneate, the costa prominent beneath, the lateral veins 10-12, arcuate, the submarginal vein conspicuous, ca. 0.5 cm distant from the margin, the inter- venal areas prominent, coriaceous, shiny, bullate or papillate, bicolorous, occa- sionally drying yellow; petioles 1-1.5 cm long; stipules connate at the base, di- morphic, some small and compressed rotund, others elliptic, to 0.7 cm long, elongate cuspidate, the cusp to 0.25 cm long, the stipular scars to 0.4 cm long. Inflorescences terminal, umbelliform paniculate, 5.5-9 cm long, to 7 cm wide, the peduncle smooth, to 4.5 cm long, ca. 0.3 cm wide, the primary branches 4, equal, rigid, ascending sharply, the terminal branches ternately disposed, equal, the flowers often ternately disposed on each branchlet; pedicels to 4 mm long. Flowers with pedicels ca. 2 mm long, the hypanthium urceolate, ca. 1.2 mm long, black when dry; calycine cup crownlike, ca. 2.2 mm long (on immature fruit to 4 mm long), brown, the margin undulate, the teeth evanescent or to 0.1 mm long; corolla white and purple white, drying black, the tube narrowly cylindrical, to 13 mm long, scarcely expanded toward the apex, glabrous, thickly petaloid, the lobes 4, narrowly ovate triangular, to 13 mm long, carnose, glabrous; stamens 4, included, the anthers 4, oblong, to 5.3 mm long, the connective apically produced 1 mm, the filaments short, inserted below the middle of the corolla tube; ovules 2, hemispherical, the septum evanescent; style ca. 3 mm long, the stigmas fin- gerlike, ca. 1.8 mm long, scarcely wider than the style; ovarian disc ca. f mm long, drying black. Fruits rotund, to 0.5 cm in diam., smooth, glabrous, black when dry.
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Distribution
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known only from the vicinity of Cerro Jefe, Province of Panama.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Cerro Jefe, Dwyer & Hayden 4392 (MO). 9.4 km N of Goofy Lake, Folsom et al. 1977 (MO). Cerro Jefe, Mori 6521, 7991, 7998 (all MO); Mori & Kallunki 3630 (MO); Tyson et al. 2218, 3284, 3381 (all MO).
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