Pentagonia bocataurensis Dwyer

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Pentagonia

Characteristics

?Shrub, branches slender. Leaves entire, to 1 m long. Flowers with the hy-panthium short, the calycine cup oblong, ca. 1.2 cm long, coriaceous, golden puberulent outside, glabrous within and with clusters of glands within, the lobes perhaps 5, unequal, triangular oblong to widely subulate, 0.4-0.8 mm long, acute, ciliolate; corolla with the tube cylindrical, 3.5-5.0 cm long, puberulent outside, glabrous within, coriaceous, the lobes 5, narrowly oblong, 10-12 mm long, often acute; stamens 5, the anthers oblong, ca. 4 mm long, the filaments 1.8-2.0 mm long, villose, especially below the middle; style linear, 30 mm long or longer, the stigmas 2, oblong, ca. 5.5 mm long, ca. 2 mm wide, obtuse. Fruits not seen.
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Distribution

Pentagonia bocataurensis world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:188100-2
WFO ID wfo-0000266762
COL ID 76M49
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Synonyms

Pentagonia bocataurensis