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Magnoliopsida
Parathesis acostensis J.F. Morales
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Distribucion en Costa Rica: En la vertiente pacífica, desde las fajas costeñas de Acosta y Tarrazú hasta la península de Osa; presente entre 0 a 1.050 m de altitud.
Distribucion General: Endémica.
Árboles o arbusto.
Los árboles (o rara vez arbustos) miden de (2-) 7 a 22 m de altura, sus tallos densamente son ferrugíneo-tomentosos con pelos sésiles y estrellados.
Las hojas son de (11,0-) 17,0 a 32,0 por (4,8-) 6,0 a 14,5 cm, de elípticas a oblongo-elípticas, glabradas en el haz, fina y diminutamente ferrugíneo-tomentulosas en el envés, subabruptamente acuminadas, de obtusas a redondeadas, de cuneadas a obtusas basalmente, pecioladas y diminutamente crenuladas.
Presenta inflorescencias terminales, densamente ferrugíneo-tomentosas y pedicelos de 5 a 10 mm de largo, sus sépalos son de 1,0 a 1,5 mm de largo y sus pétalos lilas de 3 a 4 mm de largo con anteras versátiles.
Isotype for Parathesis costaricensis Ricketson
Catalog Number: US 3110221
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): M. H. Grayum, G. Herrera Ch. & R. Robles
Year Collected: 1988
Locality: Cordillera de Talamanca, along Rio Madre de Dios., Limón, Costa Rica, Central America
Elevation (m): 240 to 300
- Isotype: Ricketson, J. M. 1997. Novon. 7: 398.
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Isotype for Parathesis longipedicellata Ricketson
Catalog Number: US 3377591
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): C. Kernan
Year Collected: 1989
Locality: Parque Nacional Corcovado Gira de Corcovado, Arco de Piedra to Rio Corcovado., Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America
Elevation (m): 1 to 30
- Isotype: Ricketson, J. M. 1997. Novon. 7: 402.
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