B. stenotepala

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 Herba perennis, 2- 5 dm. alta, glabra, basi fibrosa, caule elata; foliis transverse ovatis, abrupte acuminatis, basi truncatis, alibi rotundatis, palminerviis, 12- 13 cm. longis, atro-viridibus, lucidis, marginibus integris, eciliatis, leviter undulatis, petiolis 7-9 cm. longis, stipulis ellipticis, rotundatis apiculatisque, 2 cm. longis, integris, viridibus, tenuibus; cymis axillaribus, solitariis, laxe 4-8-floris, pedunculis 8-10 cm. longis; bracteis inferioribus late ovatis, 2 mm. longis; floribus masculinis ignotis; pedicellis gracilibus, 1-2 cm. longis; bracteis floris feminei late ovato-cordatis, serratis, ovarium fere aequantibus, atro-rubris; tepalis femineis 5, subaequalibus, ad 14 mm. longis, anguste ellipticis, rubris; stylis 3, profunde bifidis, stigmatibus spiraliter cincta; placentis bipartitis undique ovuliferis; capsulis 9- 10 mm. longis, rubris, alis duabus parvis, costiformibus, tertia anguste subtriangulari, obtusa, ad 27 mm. lata.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Botanical Section: Cyathocnemis
• Origin: America, Peru
• Originator: L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser.
• Date of Origin: 1941