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Dorstenia choconiana
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Section |
Lecanium |
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Type
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Herb |
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Body |
Rhizomatous, stem 2-5 mm thick |
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Height |
Up to 0,5 m tall |
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Leaves |
In spirals, oblong to elliptic, subovate to
subobovate to sometimes lanceolate, 5-26 x 2,5-8,5 cm. Sometimes
lobed to parted and then up to 17,5 cm broad. |
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Flowers |
In the leaf axils on minute short-shoots with
reduced stipules, green or the margin of the receptacle
purple-brown. Flower stem 1-5 cm long, receptacle 1-3,5 cm in
diameter, fringe 0,5-3,5 mm broad. |
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Reproduction |
Seed |
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Area |
In Guatemala to Panama;
In moist forest, often along streams;
At altitudes up to 1800 m. |
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Taxonomical details |
D. choconiana S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad.
22: 477. 1887. D. choconiana var. integrifolia
Donnell Smith (1888); D. cordata-acuminata
Cufodontis (1934) |
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