Anisacanthus secundus
Description
Herb 1-3 m tall. Stem terete, finely striate, sparingly puberulent. Petiole to 5 mm long, puberulent; blade lanceolate, 5-8 x 2-2.5 cm, acuminate, subfalcate, obtuse or rounded at base, glabrous except primary vein and secondary veins, these puberulent on upper surface and primary vein white-pilose on lower surface, bearded in axils of secondary veins, cystoliths inconspicuous. Flowers secund; rachis of raceme puberulent; pedicels 2.5 mm long; bracts narrowly triangular, 2 x 0.5 mm, puberulent. Calyx campanulate, lobes subulate, 2-2.5 x 1 mm wide at base, glandular puberulent; corolla bright red, 35 mm long, slightly curved, sparingly and finely pubescent, about 3 mm in diameter at base, narrowed above ovary to 2 mm, thence gradually enlarged to 6 mm at mouth, lips about 9 mm long; style finely and sparingly pubescent. Capsule 20 x 6 mm, glabrous or with a few minute trichomes, these grandular except at extreme tip of capsule; seeds flat, white, about 5 mm in diameter, minutely roughened.
Distribution
Guianas present, Southern America: Venezuela (Venezuela present)
Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil; 58 collections studied of which 8 from the Guianas (GU: 3; SU: 2; FG: 3).
Notes
In the , Bremekamp treated Drejera as occurring in Suriname with one species: D. boliviensis Nees . Wasshausen (Novon 2: 149. 1992) transferred this species to Anisacanthus as A. boliviensis (Nees) Wassh. , and designated the Orbigny specimen from Bolivia as lectotype. He noted that the remaining two syntypes (from Venezuela and Suriname) belong to A. secundus .