Lacistema pacificum 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): 93-94Types
Holotype: Cuatrecasas 15875 at F , L (fragment) COL ,
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US Protologue
Arbor Ramuli grisei laeves vel cortice subruguloso, terminationibus plus minus puberulis denique glabri;Folia alterna simplicia coriacea;Petiolus robustus glaber vel parce puberulus supra sulcatus, 5-7 mm. longus; lamina elliptico-oblonga utrinque attenuata, basi cuneata apice acuminata, 10-17 cm. longa x 36-66 mm. lata, margine integra; supra griseo-viridis glabra nervo medio signato reticulo nervorum capillari elevato; subtus pallidior sparsis et minutissimis pilis munita nervo medio elevato secundariis 7-9 utroque latere plus minusve conspicuis arcuato ascendentibus reliquis nervulis reticulatis;Stipulae lanceolatae valde acute acuminatae 7 mm. longae, extus hirsutae deciduae;Inflorescentiae cylindricae spiciformae luteolo-albidae 4-6 mm. longae in axillis foliorum sessiles 10-20 glomeratae congestae; bractea late ovata depressa obtusa margine parce lacerato-ciliata concava amplectens florum incomplete tectum;Sepala 5 raro 3 ovato-lanceolata margine ciliato-lacerata; discus latus crassiusculus concavus bracteam excedens margine plus minusve lobatus;Stamen paulo exsertum connectivi ramis divaricatis ascendentibus vel erectis; stigma trilobatum acutum;Ovarium valde reductum;Original document Distribution Rio Yurumangui, Costa del Pacifico, Valle, ColombiaHabitat Not specifiedReturn to species page 
