Anemopaegma whitei Rusby

  • Authority

    Rusby, Henry H. 1927. Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Plants Collected on the Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Valley 1921-1922. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 205-387.

  • Family

    Bignoniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Anemopaegma whitei Rusby

  • Description

    Species Description - Glabrous. Branches elongate, stout, terete, gray. Petioles to 3 cm. long, stout, terete. Leaflets 2, the petiolules to 2.5 cm. long, channeled above, orange or reddish, like the midrib underneath. Blades to 8 cm. long and 4.5 cm. wide, shortly acuminate and acute, with broadly rounded or subtruncate base, thickish, deep-green, the slender venation prominent on both sides, sharply so beneath, the secondaries 6 or 8 on each side, connected with one another and with the midrib by transverse tertiaries. Panicles axillary, mostly about as long as the leaves, peduncled or branched from the base. Pedicels 2 or 3 mm. long, slender. Calyx very thin and membranaceous, the tube depressed-globose, about 8 mm. wide, the limb irregularly 3-lobed. Corolla-tube proper about 5 mm. long, narrow, the expanded portion campanulate, straight, about 2 cm. long to the base of the lobes.

  • Distribution

    Huachi, 1,800 feet, 0. E. White, August 14, 1921 (no. 955). "A tall climber with magenta-colored flowers having little odor. A very profuse bloomer and very showy."

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