Heteropterys macrostachya A.Juss.

Species

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Characteristics

peduncles to ca. 7 mm long, bibracteolate at the apex, the bracteoles pubescent, stiffly erect, to ca. 1 mm long; pedicels less than 2 mm long, articulate to the peduncle. Flowers ca. 1 cm diam., calyx lobes erect, narrowly ovate, 4 of them bearing conspicuous fleshy, gray glands, 2-3 mm long, glabrous on the outside, the thin surface rupturing, at least on drying, densely puberulent within; petals yellow, oblong-elliptic, 3.5-4 mm long, 2.2 mm wide, stamens to 3 mm long, the staminal tube glabrous to sparsely villous, the free part of the filaments less than 1 mm long, the anthers ca. 1 mm long; styles to ca. 2 mm long, glabrous, the apex truncate, triangular, the ovaries ovoid, 2-4 mm long, densely reddish-brown pubescent.
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Liana; stems densely pale reddish-brown, pubescent when young, glabres-cent, weakly lenticellate. Leaves opposite, elliptic to lanceolate, gradually to abruptly acuminate at the apex, obtuse to rounded at the base, (4-)8-15 cm long, (2.5-)4-7 cm broad, firmly coriaceous, glabrous and semi-glossy above, pale and tan or golden sericeous beneath, the lower surface sometimes with glands near the base; petioles 5-11 mm long, canaliculate, densely and obscurely appressed-pubescent, bearing 1 or 2 pairs of conspicuous plate-shaped glands on the mar-gins. Inflorescence terminal or upper axillary, paniculate, the branches to 15 cm long, the branches, peduncles, pedicels and calyces reddish-brown, tomentose;
Life form perennial
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Growth support climber
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Leaf

Heteropterys macrostachya leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Heteropterys macrostachya world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:556579-1
WFO ID wfo-0000721469
COL ID 3LD24
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INPN ID 734014
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Synonyms

Heteropterys macrostachya f. transiens Heteropterys apiculata Heteropterys macrostachya Banisteria apiculata Heteropterys macrostachya f. oblonga Heteropterys macrostachya f. ovata Heteropterys macrostachya var. rotundifolia Heteropterys belizensis