Chamissoa acuminata
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Description
Liana or climber to 1-2 m; stems glabrous or pubescent. Petiole to ca. 5 cm long; blade narrowly ovate to lanceolate, to ca. 15 x 9 cm, apex acuminate, base cuneate to rounded. Inflorescence more or less elongate, often branched; glomerules 1- to 4-flowered; inflorescence-axes puberulent; bracts and bracteoles 1.5-2.5 mm long, pale green, glabrous, keeled, sometimes distally mucronate by prolongation of keel-vein; tepals greenish-white or greenish-yellow, scarious, 2.4-4 mm long, sometimes mucronate, 3-veined; stamens white, shorter than perianth; ovary truncate, with narrow ring of indurated tissue above middle, stigmas 2. Fruit with persistent, 0.5-1.5 mm long style; seed reniform, 1.3-2.5 mm long, aril minute, inconspicuous, testa black or mottled greyish-black, shining, reticulate or minutely foveolate.
Distribution
Northern America, South America present, Southern America: Colombia (Colombia present); Paraguay (Paraguay present); Peru (Peru present), Suriname present present
Mexico through Central America, South America including Colombia, Peru, Paraguay and Suriname; 11 collections studied, 1 from Suriname (SU: 1).