Comprehensive Description
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Thecophyllum acuminatum L. M. .Smith, Conir
Cray Herb. 117: .30. 19.37.
Stemless or short-caulescent, 24-35 cm. high; leaves many in a dense cyathiform rosette, 15 cm. long, straight; sheaths ovatc-clliptic, 5 cm. long, dark-castancous, palc-puiictulatcIcpidotc; blades ligulate, acuminate, flat, 15 mm. wide, green, concolorous; scape erect, slender, brown-punctulate; scape-bracts foliaceous, erect, densely imbricate; inflorescence subcapitate, 35 mm. long, 75 mm. in diameter, dense; primary bracts ovate, acuminate, green, much exceeding the flowers, the lower ones with 2 flowers in each axil; branches aborted; floral bracts broadly elliptic, up to 12 mm. long, distinctly shorter than the sepals, membranaceous, densely brown-punctulate; flowers subsessile; sepals broadly elliptic, obtuse, 14 mm. long, 1 1 mm. wide, thinly coriaceous, brown-punctulate; petals unknown.
Type locality: La Palma, Province San Josf , Costa Rica, altitude about 1600 meters. DisTRTBUTiON : Mountain forests of Costa Rica.
- bibliographic citation
- Lyman Bradford Smith. 1938. (XYRIDALES); BROMELIACEAE. North American flora. vol 19(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Werauhia attenuata: Brief Summary
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Werauhia attenuata is a plant species in the genus Werauhia. This species is native to Costa Rica.
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