Calathea stenostachys Rusby
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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.
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Family
Marantaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - (EUCALATHEA.) Stems, petioles, etc., pubescent, the leaves minutely scurfy, the floral bracts glabrous. Stems short, leafy, a number of aphyllous sheaths at the base. Petiolar sheaths 1 to 1.5 dm. long, the petioles only 3 to 5 mm. long. Blades 1 to 2 dm. long, 4 to 6 cm. broad, lanceolate, with rounded base and acute summit, very thin, pale-green. Spikes simple or with one branch, the peduncles elongate and very slender, the rachis 2 to 3 dm. long, the spikes compressed, about 1 cm. broad, the bracts distichous, complanate, 1 cm. long, oblanceolate, obtuse, lightbrown. Ultimate peduncles 2-flowered, filiform, 7 mm. long, a little longer than the calyx. Flowers sessile, the ovary short, white-tomentose. Sepals rigid, lanceolate, long-acuminate and acute. Corolla-tube about 1 cm. long, very slender, the rest of the flower 7 mm. long. Lip about equaling the petals, spatulate, narrow. Style much shorter than the petals, the summit strongly involute. Fruit not seen.
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Distribution
Bala, 1,000 feet, H. H. Busby, November 28, 1921 (no. 1866).
Bolivia South America|