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Laubertia peninsularis R. E. Woodson

Comprehensive Description ( Anglèis )

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Laubertia peninsularis Woodson, Ann. Mo. Bot
Gard. 23: 374. 1936.
Fruticose liana; leaves firmly membranaceous, ovateelliptic, 6-13 cm. long, 4^7 cm. broad, acuminate, rounded to very obscurely cordate at the base, minutely puberulent to glabrate above, minutely ferruginous-puberulent beneath, the petioles 20-23 mm. long; inflorescence dichotomous or trichotomous, somewhat shorter than the leaves, bearing 10-20 medium-sized cream-colored flowers; pedicels 8-10 mm. long, f erruginous-hirtellous ; calyx-lobes oblongelliptic, acute to acuminate, 9-1 1 mm. long, conspicuously subfoliaceous, minutely ferruginoushirtellous externally; corolla salverform, minutely f erruginous-hirtellous externally, the tube 13-14 mm. long, spirally contorted somewhat above the middle immediately below the insertion of the stamens, about 2.5 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes obliquely obovate, 9-11 mm. long, reflexed; stamens inserted about the middle of the corollatube, the anthers minutely puberulent-papillate dorsally, barely included; nectaries somewhat shorter than the ovary; follicles unknown.
Type locality: British Honduras. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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sitassion bibliogràfica
Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. 1938. (ASCLEPIADALES); APOCYNACEAE. North American flora. vol 29(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY