Lupinus guggenheimianus 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

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lupinus guggenheimianus Rusby

  • Description

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    Species Description - Sericeous throughout. Stems slender, much branched, the branchlets short, erect, terete, leafy. Stipules very small, subulate, brownish. Petioles 2 to 4 cm. long, slender, abruptly dilated at the base. Leaflets mostly 7,1.5 to 4 cm. long, 3 to 8 mm. wide, oblaneeolate with acute base and obtuse minutely mucronate summit, the mucro acute; entire, strongly sericeous on both surfaces. Flowers not seen, only the empty twisted valves of the legume present, some of them bearing the vestiges of the androecium and the style. Androecium about 1 cm. long, the united portion slightly shorter than the free filaments, which are extremely slender. Legumes in their twisted condition 2 cm. long, light-brown, densely hirsute. Style about 8 mm. long, very slender.

  • Distribution

    Pongo de Quime, 11,500 feet, on a dry mountain-side, O. E. White, July 12,1921 (no. 170). Species dedicated to the Guggenheim Brothers, from whom we received most valuable assistance at a critical time.

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