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(Last Modified On 8/28/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/28/2013)
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Species
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Coccocypselum herbaceum P. Br.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam. 144. 1756.
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Note
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TYPE: Jamaica, not seen.
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Synonym
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Coccocypselum repens Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 31. 1788. not C. repens H.B.K., 1819; not Condalia repens R. & P. (1798). Tontanea herbacea (P. Br.) Standley, N. Am. Fl. 32: 147. 1921.
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Description
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Prostrate herbs, the stems slender, glabrescent or pilose. Leaves ovate or ovate subrotund, 0.8-4.2 cm long, 0.5-2.5 cm wide, widely deltoid at the apex, rounded or truncate at the base, often slightly contracted at the junction with the petiole, often inequilateral, the costa prominulous above and beneath, the lateral veins 6-8, arcuate, membranous, glabrescent to pilose above, the hairs short or long, the latter often scraggly, golden, bulbous at the base, often much longer above than beneath, pilose beneath but the hairs often restricted to costa and veins and then appressed and elongate; petioles 0.5-2.5 cm long, ca. 0.1 cm wide; stipules small, 2.5-3.0 mm long, the awn often 5 times longer than the body. Inflorescences sessile or subsessile, the heads few flowered. Flowers with the calycine lobes subulate, to 4 mm long, pilose; corolla light blue, the tube to 9 mm long, short pilose. Fruits ovoid at maturity, subrotund to ovate rotund when immature, to 1.5 cm long, pilose, the hairs gradually deciduous, china blue.
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Habit
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herbs
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Distribution
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well distributed throughout tropical America and the West Indies.
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Note
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Steyermark (1967) discusses the synonomy of C. herbaceum at length.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Santa Catalina, Blackwell et al. 2730 (MO, PMA). Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 1134 (MO). CANAL ZONE: N of El Cope, 9.4 km above El Cope, 750-900 m, Croat 44632 (MO). Pipeline Road, D'Arcy 9273 (MO). Chagres, Fend/er 179 (MO). Telephone cable trail between splice S16 and S49, Rio Indio, Steyermark & Allen 17433 (MO). CHIRIQUf: Cerro Colorado, 20-28 mi from San Felix, 1200-1500 m, Croat 33374 (MO). COCLE: La Mesa above El Valle, Dwyer 14904 (MO). La Mesa, Folsom & Butcher 2837 (MO). El Valle, Lewis et al. 2512 (COL, DUKE, K, MO, UC, VEN). COLON: Miguel de la Borda, Croat 10028 (MO). Rio Guanche near Coastal Highway, D'Arcy 10192 (MO). Santa Rita Ridge, Dwyer & Gentry 9360 (MO). HERRERA: 12.5 mi S of Ocu, 1200 ft, Lewis et al. 1647 (MO). PANAMA: Alto de Pacora, Busey 804 (MO). Cerro Jefe, Croat 13059 (MO). Campo Tres beyond Cerro Jefe, Croat 27088 (MO). Pipeline Road near Gamboa, Clewell & Tyson 3218 (MO). Panama Viejo, Duke 5734 (MO). Cerro Azul, Duke 9378 (MO). Cerro Campana, Gentry 1853 (MO). Cerro Jefe, summit, ca. 3000 ft, Hayden 1004 (MO). Cerro Azul, Mori & Kallunki 2167 (MO). Cerro Jefe, ca. 1000 m, Mori & Kallunki 3618 (MO). Cerro Jefe, Tyson et al. 3215 (MO), 4430 (SCZ). SAN BLAS: Road between Mandinga & Cangandi, Duke 14745 (MO). VERAGUAS: Rio Primero Braso, 2.5 km beyond Agriculture School near Santa F6, 700-750 m, Croat 25458 (MO). To 7 km NW of Santa Fe, D'Arcy 10279 (MO). Mouth of Rio Concepcion, Lewis et al. 2803 (MO, SCZ, UC).
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