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Angadenia lindeniana (Muell.-Arg.) Miers, Apoc
S. Am. 180. 1878.
Rhabdadenia Lindeniana Muell.-Arg. Linnaea 30: 437. 1860.
Rhabdadenia Lindeniana var. angusHfolia Muell.-Arg. Linnaea 30: 438. 1860.
Echites Lindeniana Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 173. 1866.
Suffruticose or suffrutescent liana; leaves opposite, firmly membranaceous, broadly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 2-6.5 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. broad, acuminate, bbtuse at the base, glabrous throughout, or very sparsely pilosulous when young, the petioles 5-8 mm. long; inflorescence alternate-axillary, or infrequently subterminal, usually dichotomous below, about twice as long as the leaves, bearing 6-18 rather conspicuous cream-colored flowers; pedicels 10-12 mm. long, glabrous or essentially so; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-4 mm. long, glabrous; corolla infundibuliform, glabrous externally, the tube proper 7-13 mm. long, about 2 mm. in diameter at the base, the throat tubular, 15-20 mm. long, 6-8 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes obliquely obovate, 12-15 mm. long, spreading; nectaries more or less concrescent, nearly twice as long as the ovary; follicles unknown.
Type locality: Cuba; alt. J60-900 meters. Distribution: Eastern Cuba and Jamaica.
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Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. 1938. (ASCLEPIADALES); APOCYNACEAE. North American flora. vol 29(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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