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Inga membranacea Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 30: 606. 1875
Feuilleea membranacea Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A shrub or tree, the young twigs puberident. Rachis of the leaf wingless, with small glands between the leaflets; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, oval-elliptic, acuminate, obtuse, 3.5-7.5 cm. long, membranous, shining; peduncles axillary, 2.5-3.5 cm. long; flowers capitate; calyx 3 mm. long, glabrous; corolla 6 mm. long, glabrous.
Type locality: Veragua, Panama.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
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- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Cojoba tubulifera (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Inga lubuUfera Benth. Lend. Journ. Bot. 4: 584. 1845.
Pilhecolobium iubidifenim Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 181. 1916.
A shrub or tree, the foliage brownish-pubescent. Leaves once-pinnate; leaflets 4 to 8 pairs, 2-6 cm. long, oblong to lanceolate-ovate, oblique; head densely flowered; peduncles 5-7 cm. long; calyx 1 mm. long, pubescent; corolla 8 mm. long, slender, glabrous.
Type LOCALITY : Panama.
Distribution: Panama and northern Colombia.
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- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Cojoba glabra Britton & Rose, sp. nov
A tree, S-9 m. high, the twigs brownish, glabrous. Leaves once-pinnate; petioles 1-2.5 cm. long, glabrous; leaves 1-pinnate; rachis bearing a cup-shaped gland between the leaflets; leaflets 2 pairs, oblong, 6-12 cm. long, cuneate at base, obtuse, sometimes short-acuminate, glabrous; peduncles 2-2.5 cm. long, glabrous; legume red, 2 cm. long, 10-seeded, with a stipe 1 cm. long, the seeds widely separated.
Moist forest near Santa Maria de Dota, San Jose, Costa Rica, iiltitude 1500-1800 meters, December, 1925, Standley 41743.
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- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Cojoba rufescens (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Inga rufescens Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4: 585. 1845.
Inga globulifera Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4: 585. 1845.
Inga Billbergiana Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 4: 585. 1845.
Feuilleea rufescens Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 189. 1891.
Feuilleea globulifera Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
Feuilleea Billbergiana Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 187. 1891.
Pilhecolobium rufescens Pittier, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 18: 181. 1916.
A tree, 3-10 m. high, with pubescent branches. Leaves once-pinnate; leaflets 1 to 5 pairs, oblong to lanceolate, elliptic or obovate, 3-12 cm. long, obtuse, acute, or acuminate, sometimes cuneate, glabrous or pubescent; peduncles 2-4 cm. long; calyx 2-3 mm. long, brownish-pubescent; corolla 8 mm. long; legume 10-15 cm. long; seeds turgid, 8-10 mm. long.
Type locality: On an island off the coast of Veragua, Panama. Distribution: Panama and northern Colombia.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Cojoba rufescens: Brief Summary
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Cojoba rufescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.
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