Comprehensive Description
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Icica pittieri Rose, sp. nov
Probably a tree ; young branches light-colored, with appressed pubescence ; leaves very large, 2-4 dm. long; rachis of young leaves pubescent; leaflets 3-5, 10-20 cm. long, 5-10 cm. broad, rounded at base, abruptly acuminate, pubescent when young but nearly glabrate in age; inflorescence 5-7 cm. long, very pubescent; calyx 4-lobed, the lobes pubescent; petals 4, very pubescent without; immature fruit 2 cm. long, narrowed at base.
Type collected at Rio Blanco, Llanuras de Santa Clara, Costa Rica, H. Pittier 13426 (herbarium of Capt. John Donnell Smith).
- 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
Tetragastris tomentosa: Brief Summary
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Tetragastris tomentosa is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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