Trigonia eriosperma subsp. membranacea (A.C.Sm.) Lleras
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Authority
Lleras, Eduardo. 1978. Trigoniaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 19: 1-73. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Trigoniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Killip & Smith 14396, Colombia, Bolivar, Turbaco, fr (holotype NY; isotypes A, GH, US).
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Synonyms
Trigonia membranacea A.C.Sm., Trigonia rasa Standl. & Steyerm.
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Description
Description - Leaves 4.0-9.0 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm wide, very slightly strigose to glabrous. Inflorescences terminal thyrses 3.0-10.0 cm long. Flowers in 2-florate cymes. Fruit oblong, 1.5-2.0 cm long, glabrous.
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Discussion
Both subspecies membranacea and subspecies simplex have larger fruits than subspecies eriosperma. Subspecies membranacea is in general the most glabrous of the three subspecies in the species, and subspecies simplex is probably more xerophytic than the other two.
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Distribution
Reported from fairly open areas or edges of forest from the Atlantic Coast to Central America, and Northern South America, from the South of Mexico to Northern Colombia.
Mexico North America| Chiapas Mexico North America| Guatemala Central America| Belize Central America| Panama Central America| Colombia South America| Atlántico Colombia South America|