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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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TRIPOGANDRA FLORIBUNDA (Hook. & Arn.) Woodson
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29:152. 1942.
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Synonym
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Aneilema floribundum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 311. 1840. Tradescantia filiformis Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 92:376. 1842. Leptorhoeo filiformis (Mart. & Gal.) C. B. Clarke in Hemsl. Diagn. Pl. Nov. 55. 1880. Leptorboeo floribunda (Hook. & Arn.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 13:218. 1894.
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Description
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Small herbs 1.0-1.5 dm. tall; stems slender, branch- ing below, glabrous or minutely pilosulose. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1.0-3.5 cm. long, acute to acuminate, glabrous or the margins minutely ciliolate; sheaths 0.3-0.5 cm. long, ciliolate. Inflorescences terminal, in- frequently in the upper leaf axils, rather shortly pedun- culate, bearing few to several small blue, pedicellate flowers; pedicels 0.4-0.6 cm. long, minutely pilosulose; sepals 0.1-0.15 cm. long; petals 0.2-0.25 cm. long; stamens essentially similar, the filaments naked.
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Distribution
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Mexico to Brazil; in meadows, frequently forming dense turfs.
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Specimen
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PANAMA: Isla Taboga, Woodson, Allen & Seibert I507; Las Sabanas, Paul 566; Matias Hernandez, Pittier 6778; Chepo, Pittier 45I2. CANAL ZONE: Gatu'n, Standley 2730I; Summit, Standley 269I5; Balboa, Standley 25465.
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