Lacistemataceae Plant Family Lacistemataceae Holistic Database logo Copyright F E Young 2008 Species 2000 University of Reading Wokingham District Veteran Tree Association Herbarium RNG, University of Reading, U.K. Neotropical Plant Families Database

Lozania bipinnata L.B. Sm.

Protologue - English translation

Tree 5-8 m high;
Branches slender, underneath/a little hairless;
Leaf petiole 1 cm long, sparse downy very short soft hairs, lamina oblong, margin entire, short tapering gradually to a short sharp point, leathery, 14 cm long, 5 cm wide;
Inflorescentiis 1-3 in axillis foliorum, laxe bipinnatis ad 8 cm longis, dense adpresseque puberulis; ramulis perabbreviatis, paucifloris, haud ultra 2 mm longis, braceteis imbricatis omnino obtectis;
Floribus cum pedicellis 2 mm longis, viridibus;
Sepalis latissime ellipticis, obtusis 0.8 mm longis;
Stamini ovarium aequanti;
Ovario globoso, uniloculare, appresse puberulis, ovulo 1

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