Lacistema serrulatum Mart.

IPNI :
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:462080-1

CoL2017 :
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:2f7a9e2c-d35f-11e6-9d3f-bc764e092680:col20170308

Foliis lanceolatis acuminatis serratis utrinque glabris, petalis linearibus stylo simplici Arbor altitudine decem circiter pedum, trunco erecto tereti saepe ex eadem radice gemino, cortice cinero;

Rami : erecti, ramulis plurimis erecto-patentibus subvirgato-fastigiatis flexuosis instructi, ad divisiones subincrassati, cortice cinereo-fusco glabro vestiti; ramuli novelli virides, glabri;

Folia : alterna, approximata, petiolata, subdisticha, patentia et plerumque in superiorem faciem subconvoluta, lanceolata, acuta, basi cuneato-attenuata, inaequaliter repando-serrata, basi et apice integerrima, subcoriacea, utrinque glabra, supra obscure viridia nitida, subtus pallidiora, nervo medio venisque subtus parum prominentibus percursa, duos pollices longa, sex ad duodecim lineas lata;

Petioli : semiteretes, superne canaliculati, glabri, duas lineas circiter longi;

Stipulae : lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, integerrimae, membranaceae, glabrae, fuscescentes, deciduae, petiolo duplo longiores;

Florum : amenta axillaria sessilia, due ad sex fasciculatim congesta, tenuia, cylindrica, subflexuosa, pollicem circiter longa; Rachis tenuis, angulata, glabra;

Flores : sessiles, densissime quadrifariam imbricati, flavescentes;

Calycis : squamae tres; inferior et simul exterior sub-orbicularis vel late deltoidea, acutiuscula, integerrima, glabra, subcoriacea, concava; laterales lineari-subulatae, integerrimae, membranaceae, tenerae;

Corollae : laciniae fere ut in praecedente, sed uti totus flos, minores, albae;

Nectarii : discus inaequalis in inferiore floris parte multo major subcarnosus, in superiore abbreviatus et vix conspicuus, nonnunquam (in siccis speciminibus) lobatus vel divisus;

Stamen : ex inferiore floris parte; filamentum abbreviatum, vix longitudine crurium, in bac specie longiorum et divergentium; Antherae in apice crurium globosae, uniloculares, bivalves, flavae;

Ovarium : ovato-subglobosum, glabrum; Stylus simplex, teres, glaber; Stigmatibus tribus subulatis divergentibus;

Capsula : basi flore persistente cincta, substipitata, obovato-subtriangularis, mucronata, glabra, rubens, unilocularis, trivavlis; valvulae coriaceae vel subcarnosae, a vertice deorsum dehiscentes, intus singulae placentam gerentes linearem per totum dorsum decurrentem;

Semina : (abortu reliquorum) solitaria vel duo in quavis capsula, in placentis fere e vertice capsulae pendula, sub-globosa, arrilata;

Arillus : carnosus, completus, albus, fasciculo vasorum a placentae cicatrice ad verum testae hilum usque producto percursus;

Testa : pergamena, hilo amplo plano, respectu situs embryonis in vertice posito, respectu insertionis in capsula vero basilari; Albumen carnosum;

Embryo : inversus, rectus, cotyledonibus planis foliaceis suborbicularibus sibi incumbentibus, radicula supera brevi cylindrica.

serrulatum :
Latin - refers to leaf margin. Saw-edged with sharp teeth pointing towards leaf apex

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Characteristics :
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No image available (as of 2019Dec19)

Latitude : ??° - ??°

Longitude : ??° - ??°

Elevation : 50 - 650 m


Countries :
Bolivia, Brasil

Geological strata : Sedimentary (Jurassic, Cretaceous, Cenozoic), Extrusive volcanic (Jurassic, Cretaceous), Endogenous: plutonic and/or metamorphic (undifferentiated Precambrian)

Soil : ?

Habitat : forests: littoral and sub-montane (to be confirmed)

EMBL-EBI : NCBI : DDBJ

Chromosome & ploidy values : Unknown

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