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(Last Modified On 8/1/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/1/2013)
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Species
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Psiguria warscewiczii (Hook. f.) Wunderlin
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Phytologia 38: 219. 1978.
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Synonym
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Anguria warscewiczii Hook. f., Bot. Mag. tab. 5304. 1862.
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Description
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Dioecious vines; stems glabrate. Leaves 3-foliolate, the leaflets 10-18 cm long, 3-7 cm wide, the middle leaflet usually slightly larger than the lateral leaf- lets, elliptic, broadest near or above the middle, the lateral leaflets oblique, with a lateral lobe or sometimes divided to the base into two segments, the apex acuminate, the base cuneate or rarely rounded, the margins entire to undulate, submembranaceous to chartaceous, the upper surface minutely white pustulate, the lower surface glabrate, minutely white pustulate, or puberulent, especially on the nerves; petioles 2-7 cm long, robust, glabrous; tendrils simple, robust, glabrous. Staminate flowers axillary, subsessile in subcapitate clusters at the end of long pedunculate racemes; peduncle 15-30 cm long, glabrous; calyx cylindri- cal, 1-2 cm long, glabrate on the outer surface, puberulent within, the lobes tri- angular, 2-3 mm long, spreading; corolla reddish orange, the lobes ovate oblong to suborbicular, acute or rounded, 5-7 mm long, both the surfaces papillose pubescent; anthers oblong, 5-6 mm long, the appendix ca. 0.5 mm long, glabrous. Pistillate flowers axillary, 1-3; calyx and corolla as in the staminate flowers; ovary oblong fusiform, glabrous; peduncles 3-4 cm long. Fruits dark green with lighter green or whitish stripes, oblong, 5.5-7.0 cm long, 1.8-2.5 cm in diameter, the base cuneate, the apex rostrate, the flower often persisting; seeds irregularly ovate elliptic, tan, 7-9 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, smooth.
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Habit
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vines
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Note
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Psiguria wvarscewiczii is a relatively common and variable species of tropical wet forests
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Distribution
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southern Mexico south to Peru.
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Note
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It resembles P. bignoniacea, but differs in the characters given in the discussion of that species.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Changuinola Valley, Dunlap 446 (F). CANAL ZONE: Madden Dam, Allen 2011 (MO). Rio Providencia, 12 mi S of Colon, Blum & Tyson 2328 (MO). Near Para- iso, Croat 7158 (MO). N of Summit Garden, Croat 12327 (MO). Between Margarita and Gatuin, Croat & Porter 15375 (MO). Military Road K-9, Ebinger 540 (MO). Boy Scout Camp Road, Gentry 5505 (MO). Road between Transisthmian Highway and Madden Dam, Gentry 6740 (F, MO). Farfan Beach, from Thatcher Highway to Palo Seco, Lewis et al. 57 (GH, MO, US). Fort Kobbe Military Reservation, Luteyn 1073 (DUKE). Navy Reservation N of Gamboa, Maas & Dressler 713 (MO). Railroad relocation between Gorgona and Gatuin, Pittier 2283 (US). Around Gamboa, Pittier 3701 (US). Around Tabernilla, Pittier 3820 (US). Upper Chilibre River, 1/2 mi below Chilibre, Seibert 1508 (US). Balboa, Standley 25450, 29271 (both US). Obispo, Standley 31728 (US). Pedro Miguel, White 133 (MO). BARBO COLORADO ISLAND: Aviles 902, 919, 995 (all F); Bailey & Bailey 150, 289 (both F); Bang- ham 537 (F, GH); Croat 4571 (F, MO), 5901, 6583, 7469 (all MO), 8499 (F, MO), 9435, 10850, 11663, 14858, 16524 (all MO); Ebinger 162 (F, MO, US), 641 (F, MO); Foster 834 (DUKE); Kenoyer 567 (US); Luteyn & Croat 915 (DUKE); Shattuck 163 (F, MO), 269 (F, GH), 564 (F, US), 641 (MO), 652 (F); Standley 31257, 40921 (both US); Starry 45, 220, 303 (all F); Salvoza 961 (F); Wetmore & Abbe 32 (F, GH); Wilbur & Weaver 10806 (DUKE); Zetek 4557 (F, MO). CHIRIQUI: Quebrada Cafia Blanca, Burica Peninsula, Croat 22583 (F, MO, NY, US). San Bartolo Arriba W of Puerto Armuelles, Croat 26708 (MO). COCLE: El Valle de Anton, Alston 8788 (US). 12 mi NE of Penonome, Lewis et al. 1521 (CGH, MO). COLON: 0.5 km from the Rio Buenaventura, near Portobelo, Kennedy & Gra 2237 (MO, US). Rio Guanche, 3-4 km above bridge on road to Portobelo, Witherspoon & Witherspoon 8637 (MO). DARIEN: El Real, Allen 952 (F, GH, MO, US). El Rio Aruza, Bristan 1361 (MO). Rio Pirre, Croat & Porter 15539 (MO). Road from El Real to Pino- gana, Duke 4888 (GGH, MO, US), 5146, 5147 (both GH, MO). 10 mi S of El Real on Rio Pirre, Duke 5438 (MO). Cerro Piriaque, Duke 8112 (MO). Trail from Rio Pucro to Quebrada Maskia, Duke 13072 (MO). El Real, 1-3 km S of town, Gentry 13461 (USF). Rio Pirre near town of Pirre, Gentry & Clewell 6935 (MO). Panamerican Highway between Pinogana and Yaviza, 1 km from Tuira, Stern et al. 134A (MO). Rio Tuira, along trail to Rio Pirre, Stern et al. 298 (GH, MO, US). Paya, Rio Payo, along trail between Paya and Pucro, Stern et al. 414 (GGH, MO, US). Cerro Piriaque, Tyson et al. 3820 (MO). LOS SANTOS: Loma Prieta, Duke 11851 (MO). PANAMA: Panama City, at Lefevre Park, Bartlett & Lasser 16336 (MICH). Rio Chagres, 1 mi above Madden Lake, Duke 4485 (GH, MO, US). Panamerican Highway halfway between El Llano and Rio Mamoni, Duke 5535 (MO, US). Near top of Cerro Campana, Duke 5961 (MO). Tocumen, Dwyer 4402 (FSU). Goofy Lake, Dwyer 7112 (MO, USF). 1 km E of El Llano, Gentry 6462 (F, MO). Camino de las Sabinas, Heriberto 265 (US). 6 km above Panamerican Highway on road from El Llano to Carti-Tupile, Kennedy 1789b (MO). Campana, Lewis et al. 3163 (MO). Tributary of Rio Chagres, 5 mi SW of Cerro Brewster, Lewis et al. 3389 (MO). Road to Cerro Campana 2-4 mi above the Interamerican Highway, Luteyn 3996 (DUKE). Carretera Transistmica at the continental divide, Alcade Diaz, Nee 8304 (MO, USF). Sabanas Railroad, NE of Panama City, Paul 172 (US). Sabana de Juan Corso, near Chepo, Pittier 4541 (US). Agricultural Station Matias Hernandez, Pittier 6765 (US). Between Panama and Sabanas, Riley 113 (MO, US). Along Corozal Road, Standley 26848 (US). 5 mi E of Cafiita and 23 mi E of Chepo, Tyson,& Smith 4154 (FSU, MO, SCZ). VERAGUAS: 3-5 mi N of Santa Fe, Gentry 3010 (MO).
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