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Pinochia peninsularis (Woodson) M. E. Endress & B. F. Hansen

Comprehensive Description

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Forsteronia peninsularis Woodson, Ann. Mo. Bot
Gard. 22:215. 1935.
Fruticose liana; leaves firmly membranaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 4.5-5.5 cm. long, 1.7-2.2 cm. broad, narrowly acute to acuminate, obtuse at the base, glabrous, opaque, not glandular, the secondary veins relatively distant, broadly arcuate, the petioles 5-8 mm. long; inflorescence subthyrsiform, broadly pyramidal, terminal, somewhat shorter than the leaves, bearing numerous small greenish-white flowers; pedicels 2-2.5 mm. long, minutely puberulent-papillate; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm. long, puberulent-papillate; corolla subrotate, minutely puberulent-papillate externally, the tube 2 mm. long, about 0.8 mm. in diameter at the base, 1-1.25 mm. in diameter at the orifice, the lobes obliquely oblong-elliptic, 4-4.25 mm. long, spreading; anthers glabrous, wholly exserted; nectaries about half as long as the ovary; follicles unknown.
Type locality: Maskall, Northern River, British Honduras. Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
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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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