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Magnoliopsida
Unonopsis pittieri Saff.
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Distribucion en Costa Rica: Se encuentra ampliamente distribuida en la zona norte, vertiente atlántica y la parte suroeste de la vertiente del Pacífico, a elevaciones comprendidas entre los 100 y los 600 m.
Distribucion General: Es nativa de Guatemala hasta Panamá.
Arbol.
Arbol de 10 a 20 m. de altura. Ramitas glabras.
Hojas simples, alternas, dísticas, de 20 a 30 por 4 a 10 cm., elípticas u obovado-elípticas. Apice agudo u obtuso y cuspidado. Flores en inflorescencias axilares, ramificadas, de color blanco y aromáticas. Tres pétalos externos de 9 por 7 mm.Frutos apocárpicos, con 11 ó 12 monocarpos, globosos, de 1 a 2 cm. de diámetro, glabros, pardos o negros al madurar. Estípite de 1 a 1.5 cm. de largo. Esta especie se puede identificar por sus troncos lisos, con la corteza a veces ennegrecida, y blanca con lineas longitudinales negras en su parte interna. Esta especie también se caracteriza por sus hojas lisas y grandes y sus inflorescencias ramificadas.Isotype for Unonopsis pittieri Saff.
Catalog Number: US 716049
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Río Fato., Colón, Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 10 to 100
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Holotype for Unonopsis pittieri Saff.
Catalog Number: US 716050
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Along Rio Fató, province of Colon, in forests or thickets., Colón, Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 10 to 100
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Rights holder/Author | This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. Unless otherwise noted, this image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. |
Source | http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/botany/?irn=10081714 |
Holotype for Unonopsis pittieri Saff.
Catalog Number: US 716051
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Along Rio Fató, province of Colon, in forests or thickets., Colón, Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 10 to 100
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Rights holder/Author | This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. Unless otherwise noted, this image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. |
Source | http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/botany/?irn=10077928 |
Localidad del tipo: Panamá. Colón, julio de 1925.
Depositario del tipo: HT:US
Recolector del tipo: Pittier (3871)
Prefiere climas de húmedos a muy húmedos.