Lacistema occidentale Cuatrec.Contributions to the Flora of South America, Studies in South American Plants - II in Fieldiana: Botany, Chicago Natural History Museum Press, Chicago, Vol. 27(1): 93Types
Holotype: Cuatrecasas 19595 at
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Arbor parva;Ramuli fusci glabri;Folia simplicia alterna membranacea;Petiolus 4-5 mm. longus, glaber vel parce puberulus; Lamina elliptico-lanceolata basi obtuse attenuata apice angustata cuspidata, 5-7.5 cm. longa, 17-27 mm. lata, margine obsolete et repando serrulato-dentata utrinque blaberrima vel aliquando infra rarissimis setis munita, supra laevis subnitida nervo medio signato, infra nervo medio eminenti lateralibus 4-5 utroque latere arcuato ascendentibus paulo elevatis;Stipulae lanceolatae, 6-7 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, acutae dorso nervo piloso deciduae;Inflorescentiae dense cylindraicae spiciformae 3-10 sessiles in axillis foliorum glomeratae, usque ad 12 mm. longae; Bractea late triangularis cochleariformis acuta margine minute lacerto-ciliata amplectens florum tectum;Sepala 6-5 vel 4 lanceolata acuminata ciliato-lacerata; discus cupuliformis crassiusculis antice fissus et bilobatus margine leviter sinuata;Stamini lobuli horizontaliter dispositi;Ovarium glabrum; Stigma sessile trilobatum;Original document Distribution La Cumbre, Cordillera Occidental, Valle, ColombiaHabitat Not specifiedReturn to species page 
