Coussapoa brevipes Pittier

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Coussapoa

Characteristics

Epiphytic shrubs, the branches relatively stout, glabrate. Leaves broadly oval, obtuse to rounded at the tip and at the base, crenate, 10-17 cm. long, 6-11 cm. broad, subcoriaceous, inconspicuously arachnoid beneath to nearly glabrate, the venation rather typically and closely pinnate, with about 11 to 14 pairs of secondaries, the tertiary venation densely parallel and forming a delicate uniform reticulum, the petioles 4-6 cm. long; stipules 4-7 cm. long, minutely and densely arachnoid-puberulent. Staminate inflorescences unknown. Pistillate inflorescences apparently simple, subsessile, the heads about 1 cm. broad at anthesis.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Distribution

Coussapoa brevipes world distribution map, present in Panama

Conservation status

Coussapoa brevipes threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:582910-1
WFO ID wfo-0000624163
COL ID 6B9MH
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Synonyms

Coussapoa brevipes