Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) Kunth
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Chamissoa altissima (Jacq.) Kunth in Humb. Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 2: 197. 1817.
Basionym: Achyranthes altissima Jacq.
Liana or woody shrub, clambering, 3-15 m in length, with numerous pendulous branches. Stems angular when young and cylindrical when mature, up to 3 cm in diameter, glabrous; cross section of the stem with bands of vascular tissue alternating with very narrow bands of parenchymatous tissue. Leaves alternate; blades 8-14 × 3-7 cm, elliptical, ovate, or elliptic-ovate, chartaceous, the apex acute or acuminate, the base rounded, the margins undulate; upper surface slightly shiny, puberulous; lower surface pale green, dull, with prominent venation; petioles slender, usually reddish, 2-4.5 cm long. Flowers in terminal panicles, 4-16 cm long. Perianth white to greenish, with five ovate tepals, concave, acute, ca. 3 mm long, glabrous; stamens 5; stigma bifid. Capsule ovoid, truncate at the apex, membranaceous, turning from green to white, 3-4 mm long; seeds dark brown, shiny, completely covered by a white arillode.
Phenology: Flowering and fruiting throughout the year.
Status: Native, very common.
Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 3738; 7050; 7730; 7849; 9410; 11872; Axelrod, F. 10982; Heller, A.A. 545; 4521; 6197; Johnston, J.R. 1130; Sargent, F.H. 82; 461; 704; Sintenis, P. 264; 2139; 5892; 6357; Stevenson, J.A. 1130.
Arbusto o subarbusto, usualmente trepador. Hojas alternas, de 2,5"10 por 1,5"6 cm, ovado-lanceoladas o anchamente ovadas; lámina entera o suavemente ondulada.
Inflorescencias de 3 a 10 cm de largo, espigas solitarias o dispuestas en estructuras paniculadas. Flores bisexuales o funcionalmente unisexuales, sostenidas por 1 bráctea y 2 bractéolas, ambas diferentes y persistentes; con 5 tépalos, imbricados; 5 estambres, unidos cerca de la base y formando un tubo corto; ovario unilocular; 1 estilo; 2 estigmas, esbeltos. Frutos de 3 a 4 mm de largo, cápsulas con dehiscencia circuncísil cerca del ápice; semillas negras, endosperma copioso. Se reconoce por su hábito escandente, sus hojas alternas y sus flores dispuestas en espigas, que a menudo forman estructuras paniculadas.Localidad del tipo:
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Bosque seco y húmedo, áreas alteradas.
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 12
Species With Barcodes: 1
Chamissoa altissima [2] (False Chaff Flower [3]) is a plant native to North and South America, and it specially grows up in the Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. In addition, this plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. [4]
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Distribution: In moist secondary forests, at middle and lower elevations. Also on Vieques, St. Croix, St. Thomas, and Tortola; in the Antilles and continental tropical America.
Public forest: Cambalache, El Yunque, Guilarte, Maricao, Río Abajo, and Toro Negro.
Distribución: Habita en bosques secundarios húmedos, de elevaciones medias y bajas. También en Vieques, St. Croix, St. Thomas y Tortola; en las Antillas y América continental tropical.
Bosques Públicos: Cambalache, El Yunque, Guilarte, Maricao, Río Abajo y Toro Negro.
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