Dorstenia contrajerva

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Dorstenia contrajerva

Description

Herb, usually rosulate; Leaves spirally arranged; stipules 0.2-0.6 cm long, puberulous. Inflorescences green or the margin of the receptacle purplish;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa), Mexico to Panama present, Southern America: Colombia (Colombia present), northern Amazonian Peru present, northern Venezuela present, western Ecuador present
Mexico to Panama, West Indies, Colombia, northern Venezuela, western Ecuador, northern Amazonian Peru; in Malesia: introduced (as ornamental): Java.

Citation

F. Overbeck 1924 – In: Jahrb. Wiss. Bot.: 467
Woodson 1960: p. 177. – In: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.: f. 62
C.C. Berg 2001 – In: Fl. Neotrop. Monogr.: 198
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 17