Comprehensive Description
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Banisteriopsis speciosa Small, sp. nov Leaf-blades oval to ovate, 4.5-12 cm. long, abruptly short-acuminate, yellowish-green, reticulate on both sides, glabrous or with scattered hairs beneath, much paler beneath than above, abruptly narrowed or rounded at the base, short-petioled ; sepals ovate or orbicularovate, 4-5 mm. long, glabrous, the glands one half the length of the sepal-body or less, longitudinally grooved on the back ; larger petals 11-12 mm. long, the blades suborbicular, lacerate-denticulate ; samaras not seen.
Type collected at Coban, Guatemala, May, 1907, H. von Turckheim II. 17S5 (herb. John Donnell Smith).
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Banisteriopsis elegans: Brief Summary
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Banisteriopsis elegans is a species of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae. It is found in Colombia and Mexico.
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