Coussapoa asperifolia subsp. rhamnoides (Standl.) Akkermans & C.C.Berg

Authority

Berg, Cornelius C., et al. 1990. Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an introduction to the family. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 51: 1-208. (Published by NYBG Press)

Family

Urticaceae

Scientific Name

Coussapoa asperifolia subsp. rhamnoides (Standl.) Akkermans & C.C.Berg

Synonyms

Coussapoa rhamnoides Standl.

Description

Species Description - Lamina obovate to subobovate or elliptic to oblong, 7-16 cm long, base obtuse to rounded (to subcordate); upper surface smooth and glabrous; lower surface on the main veins sparsely minutely puberulous with straight hairs; lateral veins 4-6 pairs, unbranched or some of the lateral veins (poorly) branched, the basal pair unbranched or faintly branched, reaching the margin above the middle of the lamina; petiole 2-7 cm long; stipules 0.5-2 cm long. Pistillate inflorescences with (1-) 3-5 (sometimes partly fused) heads, 3-6 mm, in fruit up to 15 mm diam.; (common) peduncle 1-4 cm long.

Distribution

Amazon Basin (Brazil, Peru); in upland and riverside (varzea) forest.

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