Lycianthes beckneriana d'arcy

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Lycianthes

Characteristics

with weak, simple, white hairs, veins ca. 5 on each side of the midvein; petioles ca. 2 cm long, pubescent; minor leaves wanting. Inflorescence solitary or a several-flowered axillary fascicle on a short, stout peduncle, 5 mm long, with a prominent cicatrix; pedicels 20 mm long, puberulent, very slender but broadening slightly upwards, slightly larger in fruit. Flowers with the calyx cup 1.5-2 mm long, pubescent mostly at the sides of the teeth, the teeth slender, 1.5 mm long; corolla 12 mm long, glabrate outside with minute hairs on the surface of the interplicae, campanulate, lobed '/-3 the way down; filaments 2 mm long, glabrous, the anthers 5 mm long, apparently free, cordate basally, pyramidal in shape. Fruit (?immature) depressed-globose, 10 mm across, the calyx cup enlarging to 6 mm across, and the teeth stouter and 4 mm long.
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Tree 5 m tall; twigs drying strongly angled or furrowed, lightly pubescent with short, several-celled, simple hairs. Leaves elliptical, apically acuminate, basally obtuse, slightly upfolded from the midvein, pubescent above and beneath
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Distribution

Lycianthes beckneriana d'arcy world distribution map, present in Costa Rica and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146457-2
WFO ID wfo-0001022236
COL ID 3WK3N
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Synonyms

Lycianthes beckneriana d'arcy