Lozania nemoralis DC.
Candolle A P de (1828) Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis,sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta, Parisii, Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Wulrtz, Vol. 3: 30
Types
Holotype: None specified
Isotypes: None specified
Syntypes: None specified
Protologue
Calycis tubus subventricosus, limbus 4-partitus lobis ovato-actuis persistentibus;
Petala 0;
Discus quadrangularis calycis fundum occupans;
Stamen 1 parvum oblique sub ovario insertum, apice attenuatum, anthera ovata didyma;
Ovarium ovatum;
Stigmata 3 parva subcapitata;
Capsula ovata 3-gona acuminata 3-locul. 3-valvis;
Semina 6, saepe 3 abortiva, angulosa, fundo capsulae inserta;
Arbor
Folia alterna oblonga serrata;
Flores spicati, pedunculis axillaribus confertis, pedicellis basi bracteola lineari
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Distribution
New Kingdom of Granada. Now split between Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panama, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago and Costa Rica
Habitat
Temperate forest
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