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Leguminosae
Macroptilium atropurpureum (DC.) Urb.
EOL Text
Habit: Climber
Isotype for Phaseolus affinis Piper
Catalog Number: US 1044710
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Pachano
Year Collected: 1919
Locality: El Tambo, vicinity of Ambato., Tungurahua, Ecuador, South America
- Isotype: Piper, C. V. 1926. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 682.
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Isotype for Phaseolus affinis Piper
Catalog Number: US 1234494
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Pachano
Year Collected: 1919
Locality: El Tambo, near Ambato., Tungurahua, Ecuador, South America
- Isotype: Piper, C. V. 1926. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 682.
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
Rights holder/Author | This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. Unless otherwise noted, this image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. |
Source | http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/botany/?irn=2141489 |
Local
Creeping perennial, ± densely hairy. Leaflets ± broadly ovate or rhombic, 1.5-5 × 1.5-5 cm, the laterals often lobed on the outer side. Inflorescences lax, long-pedunculate, erect. Corolla 17-20 mm; wings blackish-purple. Pod 6-9 × 0.4 cm, densely appressed-pubescent, c.12-15-seeded.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1
atropurpureum: dark purple
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
Notes: Evergreen forests