Pristimera holdeniana A.C.Sm.

Species

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Characteristics

Liana; branchlets cinereous or olivaceous, inconspicuously lenticellate. Petiole 7-19 mm long; blades chartaceous, greenish or olivaceous when dried, elliptic or ovate, 9-12 x 3.5-6.5 cm, margins entire, undulate, apex obtusely short-acuminate, base acute; primary vein prominent on both surfaces, secondary veins 4-5 on each side, prominulous above, prominent beneath, tertiary veins flattened and inconspicuous. Inflorescence 1.5-8 cm long; branches quadrangular, 4-5 times branched; peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm long; bracts ovate, acute, ca. 1 mm long, slightly erosulous; pedicels slender, up to 1 mm long. Flowers ca. 2 mm diam.; sepals submembranous, orbicular-ovate, 0.7-0.8 mm, slightly erosulous; petals oblong, 1.2-1.4 x 0.8-1 mm, entire, spreading, densely glandular-punctate or-lineolate; disk annular, pentagonous, 0.1 mm high, 0.7-0.8 mm diam.; stamens suberect, filaments ca. 0.4 mm long, anthers ca. 0.2 x 0.3 mm; ovary ca. 0.5 mm diam., ovules 4-6 per locule, style 0.2 mm. Fruit unknown.
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Distribution

Pristimera holdeniana world distribution map, present in Guyana

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210309-2
WFO ID wfo-0001241380
COL ID 4MJSY
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Synonyms

Pristimera holdeniana Hippocratea holdeniana