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Magnoliopsida
Stemmadenia robinsonii Woodson
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Se ha utilizado como árbol de sombra en las siembras de café en el Valle Central, aunque éste uso ha disminuído en las últimas décadas.
Distribucion en Costa Rica: Algo común en el Valle Central, cerros de Escazú, cerros de La Carpintera, Cartago, Valle del Candelaria, en la Cordillera de Tilarán (Monteverde), San Ramón, Acosta. Se encuentra a elevaciones de 1000 a 1800 m.
Distribucion General: De México a Colombia.
Árbol o arbusto.
Arbol o arbusto de 3 a 12 m. con ramitas glabras.
Hojas membranosas, elíptico-lanceoladas, de 8.5 a 24.5 cm. por 3.5 a 9 cm., caudado-acuminadas, cuneado-atenuadas en la base, pubescentes en el envés a lo largo del nervio central. Pecíolo de 0.5 a 2.5 cm. de longitud, glandular en las axilas. Inflorescencia cimosa, terminal o raramente axilar con 2 a 6 flores. Pedúnculo de 1.7 a 4.5 cm. Pedicelo de 0.6 a 1.5 cm. de largo. Bracteolas ovado-lanceoladas, acuminadas, de 4 a 6 mm. de longitud. Lóbulos del cáliz ovados u obovado-oblongos, desiguales, imbricados, con muchas glándulass en la base interna, de 0.9 a 1.7 cm. de largo. Corola hipocrateriforme, blanca con la garganta amarilla. Tubo de 5.8 a 7 cm. de longitud, con las crestas supraestaminales pubescentes. Garganta subtubular de 1.5 cm. de diámetro. Lóbulos oblícuamente obovados, de 2.9 a 4.6 cm. de largo. Estambres insertos en la base del tubo. Anteras de 6 a 7 mm. de longitud. Nectarios más o menos concrecentes, de longitud un poco mayor que la del ovario. Fruto de color verde-amarillo, ovoide, reniforme, de 4.5 a 6 cm. por 3 a 4 cm. Semillas rugosas, de 9 a 11 mm. de largo. Se distingue por sus flores blancas y grandes.Holotype for Stemmadenia robinsonii Woodson
Catalog Number: US 1338904
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. Pittier
Year Collected: 1894
Locality: Talamanca, Costa Rica, Central America
- Holotype: Woodson, R. E. 1928. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 369.
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Isotype for Stemmadenia macrophylla Greenm.
Catalog Number: US 40750
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): H. von Türckheim
Year Collected: 1886
Locality: Pansamalá., Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, Central America
Elevation (m): 1158 to 1158
- Isotype: Greenman, J. M. 1900. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 35: 310.
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Isotype for Stemmadenia allenii Woodson
Catalog Number: US 1822750
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. H. Allen
Year Collected: 1940
Locality: North of el Valle De Anton., Coclé, Panama, Central America
- Isotype: Woodson, R. E. 1941. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 461.
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Isotype for Stemmadenia insignis Miers
Catalog Number: US 22150
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of original publication
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. C. V. Schott
Year Collected: 1865
Locality: Yucatán, Mexico, North America
- Isotype: Miers, J. 1878. Apocyn. S. Amer. 76.
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Isotype for Stemmadenia macrantha Standl.
Catalog Number: US 1490455
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. P. Cooper
Year Collected: 1928
Locality: Almirante., Bocas del Toro, Panama, Central America
- Isotype: Standley, P. C. 1929. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 4: 253.
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Isotype for Stemmadenia eubracteata Woodson
Catalog Number: US 1338905
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. T. Heyde & E. Lux
Year Collected: 1893
Locality: Volcan Tecuamburro., Santa Rosa, Guatemala, Central America
Elevation (m): 2000 to 2000
- Isotype: Woodson, R. E. 1928. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 15: 368.
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