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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Species
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PODANDROGYNE CHIRIQUENSIS (Standl.) Woodson
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Synonym
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Gynandropsis chiriquensis Standl. in Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17:252. 1927. Gynandropsis pulcherrima Standl. loc. cit. 253. 1927.
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Description
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Suffruticose herbs 1-3 m. tall, the stem simple or branching, more or less con- spicuously ferruginous-pilosulose to essentially glabrous; leaves alternate, long- petiolate, palmately compound or the uppermost rarely simple, the petioles 2-20 cm. long, inconspicuously pilosulose to essentially glabrous, the leaflets 3-7, shortly petiolulate, elliptic to obovate, acuminate, cuneate, the median largest, 4-20 cm. long, 1-9 cm. broad, glabrous above, finely puberulent to essentially glabrous beneath; inflorescence a simple, dense, several- to many-flowered, terminal corymb, the peduncle 3-8 cm. long, finely ferruginous-puberulent, the pedicels 1-2 cm. long, the- bracts apparently completely suppressed; flowers monoecious or some- times apparently dioecious, the lower pistillate, the upper staminate; calyx 0.6-1.0 cm. long, the lobes free nearly to the base, lanceolate, acuminate, minutely papil- late, green or somewhat petalaceous; petals ovate-spatulate, unguiculate, 0.8-1.8 cm. long, brilliant red or reddish-orange, the claw about 1/3 as long as the blade; fertile stamens widely exserted, the filaments 2-3 cm. long, glabrous, the anthers about 0.5 cm. long, the androgynophore 1-3 mm. long; fertile pistil oblong-fusi- form, 1.0-1.5 cm. long, densely papillate, the capitate stigma borne upon a short style, the gynophore 2-3 mm. long, elongating after pollination, the staminodia about 2 mm. long; siliques pendulous, linear-fusiform, 4-13 cm. long, about 4 mm. broad, continuous, glabrous, the fruiting gynophore 1.0-2.5 cm. long, the seeds pale ashy brown, indistinctly granulate, about 3 mm. long.
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Habit
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herbs
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Distribution
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Costa Rica to Panama.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: -Buena Vista, Cooper 220. CHIRIQUI: valley of the upper Rio Chiriqui Viejo, alt. 1300-1900 m., Seibert I38, G. White I68; vicinity of Cerro Punta, alt. 2000 m., Allen i560, White d White 50; Bajo Chorro, Boquete Distr., alt. 6000 ft., Davidsom I80; vicinity of Bajo Mona and Quebrada Chiquero, alt. 1500 m., Woodson d Schery 539; along Rio Caldera below Quiel, Pittier 3I45; Casita Alta, Volcain de Chiriqui, alt. 1500-2000 m., Woodson, Allen d Seibert 859; valley of upper Rio Gariche, alt. 1050-1100 m., Seibert 334. cocLE: La Mesa, along trails in cleared areas, Allen 2730; vicinity of El Valle, north rim, alt. 800-1000 m., Allen 2I9; mountains beyond La Pintada, alt. 400-600 m., Hunter & Allen 552.
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Note
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The several specimens enumerated above,-as well as several not cited, may be separated in general into two groups with leaflets three or five, coinciding with Standley's primary distinction of Gynandropsis pulcherrima and G. chiriquensis, respectively. In intervening specimens, however, the leaflets may be from three to five upon the same stem, or as many as seven.
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