B. monadelpha var. monadelpha

Flora of Peru. by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, Ill. Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] v.13: pt.4: no.1 (1941): Page 181- 202 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19800 Herbaceous or suffrutescent, much branched, up to 2 meters high. Branches puberulent. Leaves very asymmetric, obliquely broad-ovate, acuminate, cordate at base, palmate-nerved, 5-18 cm. long, short-lobed, serrate, puberulent especially beneath on the nerves, petioles 1- 11 cm. long, puberulent, stipules deciduous, elliptic, acuminate, entire. Cymes axillary, dichotomous, diffuse, many-flowered, red, peduncle stout, 5- 14 cm. long. Bracts deciduous, elliptic, large. Pedicels slender, 10- 35 mm. long. Staminate tepals 4, lanceolate, acute, 18-24 mm. long. Stamens numerous on an elongate column, anthers broadly elliptic, the connective scarcely produced. Pistillate tepals 6. Styles 3, 1 cm. long, short-connate, deeply bifid, placentae bilamellate. Capsule ovoid, 10-14 mm. long, the largest wing narrowly triangular, 25-30 mm. wide, the others narrowly marginiform. - F.M. Neg. 20852.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Botanical Section: Barya
• Origin: America, Peru
• Originator: Ruiz & Pavon ex A. de Candolle, Prodr.
• Date of Origin: 1864