Lasianthus latifolius (Blume ex DC.) Miq.
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https://doi.org/10.3767/000651912X652012 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16855056 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1664BC60-3C79-0D33-FFEB-4A91FE917F94 |
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Felipe |
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Lasianthus latifolius (Blume ex DC.) Miq. |
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66. Lasianthus latifolius (Blume ex DC.) Miq. View in CoL
Lasianthus latifolius (Blume ex DC.) Miq. (1857) 320; (1869) 245; Merr. (1921) 577;Bakh.f.(1965) 342. — Mephitidia latifolia Blume ex DC.(1830) 453. — Type: Blume s.n. (lecto L, designated here, barcode L0057522 ). Paratypes: Blume s.n. (L, barcode L0057523 ), Blume s.n. (L, barcode L0057524 ), Blume s.n. (L, barcode L0057525 ), Blume s.n. (L, barcode L0057526 ), Java, Salak .
Shrubs; branchlets terete, robust, c. 3 mm diam, glabrous except appressed-puberulous nodes. Leaves: blades elliptic-oblong, 13–15 by 5 –7 cm, coriaceous, glabrous except sparsely hirsute hairs on midrib and nerves beneath, apex cuspidate, base acute or broadly cuneate, midrib slightly depressed above, prominent beneath, nerves slightly prominent above, prominent beneath, c. 7 pairs, ascending at an angle of 60–70°, curved to the margin, nervules prominent on both surfaces, densely anastomosing, parallel; petioles 1–1.5 cm long, appressed-puberulous. Stipules triangular, c. 3 mm long, appressed-puberulous. Cymes sessile or very small tuberculate (c. 1 mm long); bracts absent. Flowers sessile; calyx campanulate, puberulous, tube c. 1.5 mm long, lobes 5, lanceolate-triangular, c. 2.5 mm long; corolla not seen. Drupes globose, red in colour, c. 5 mm diam, glabrous, 12-ridged; pyrenes 6, sulcate on the abaxial face.
Distribution — Indonesia (Java).
Note — This species is closely related to L. calycinus Dunn from Hainan of China.
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