(Last Modified On 5/31/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/31/2013)
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Species
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Jacquemontia ciliata Sandwith
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PlaceOfPublication
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Kew Bull. 1930: 156. 1930.
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Note
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TYPE: Trinidad, Irois Forest, Broadway 6718 (not seen).
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Description
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Vines; stems herbaceous, pubescent with stellate trichomes. Leaves cordate, 2-11 cm long, basally cordate, apically acuminate to attenuate, pubescent. Flowers in axillary umbellate-cymose inflorescences, 8-11-flowered, pubescent; sepals elliptic, 5-7 mm long, ciliate; corollas white, sometimes with purple edges, or pale blue, 1.5-2.5 cm long, interplicae pubescent; stamens slightly unequal, the filaments basally pubescent; ovary conic-globose, glabrous. Fruits not seen.
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Habit
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Vines
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Note
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This species flowers in November, February and March.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Changuinola Valley, Dunlap 485 (US). Water Valley, Chiriqui Lagoon, Wedel 1491, 1653, 1776 (all MO, US). CANAL ZONE: Around Las Cruces, Pittier 2619 (F, US). COLON: Edge of Santa Rita Ridge ca. 20 mi. E of Colon, Gentry 462 (MO). LOS SANTOS: 5 mi. S of Pocri, Croat 9736 (MO). PANAMA: Cerro Jefe, to 2900 ft, Dwyer 8480 (MO).
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