Mendoncia pedunculata Leonard

• Authority

  Leonard, Emery C. 1951. The Acanthaceae of Colombia, I. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 31: 1-117.

• Family

  Mendonciaceae

• Scientific Name

  Mendoncia pedunculata Leonard

• Description

  Description - Stem terete, sulcate, sparingly puberulent toward tip, the hairs appressed; leaf blades elliptic, 10 to 16 cm. long, 6 to 10 cm. wide, abruptly acuminate at apex and tipped by a mucro 1 to 2 mm. long, obtuse at base and decurrent on the petiole, glabrous; petioles 2 to 3 cm, long, glabrous; flowers 1 to 4, borne on axillary peduncles up to 2.5 cm. long, these and the pedicels (5 to 7 mm. long) minutely appressed-pubescent; bracts violet (Klug), oblong, 4 cm. long, 1.4 to 1.8 cm, wide, rounded at both ends, tipped by a short mucro, inconspicuously and minutely appressed-pubescent without, glabrous within; corolla white, marked by reddish brown within, glabrous, 5 to 6 cm, long, the tube curved, 2.5 cm. long, the throat 1 cm. broad, the limb 3 cm. wide, the lobes oval, 1 to 1.5 cm, long; style about 5 cm. long; ovary sparingly puberulous; fruit not seen.Forests of the lower mountain slopes from 100 to 325 meters. Peru and southern Colombia.

• Discussion

  The specimens cited were collected during January and February.