Pentagonia gomez-lauritoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Pentagonia
Species:
P. gomez-lauritoi
Binomial name
Pentagonia gomez-lauritoi
Hammel

Pentagonia gomez-loritoi is a "palmoid" or "Corner Model Tree" of the Costa Rican and Panamanian rainforest belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It is usually single-trunked (but occasionally branching low into several reiterations ) up to 19.5 feet (six meters) in height. It is most noteworthy for its pairs of huge, entire margined, shiny oblanceolate leaves; each leaf up to 4 ft.7in. (140 centimeters) in length by up to 22 inches (56 cm ) in width. petiole very short or none. The pairs of leaves are spaced several inches apart along the stem. This species was totally unknown prior to 2014.[1]

The plant was described in 2015 by Barry Edward Hammel as a part of the work Phytoneuron. The type specimen was collected near Oeste de Volio in Costa Rica by J. Gómez-Laurito & G. Vargas in 1990.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hammel, Barry E. (August 11, 2015). "Three New Species of Pentagonia (Rubiaceae) from Southern Central America....etc". Phytoneuron. 46: 6–7.
  2. ↑ "Pentagonia gomez-lauritoi Hammel". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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