Lindmania lateralis (L.B.Sm. & R.W.Read) L.B.Sm. & H.Rob.
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Comments:
- The laterally borne inflorescences on the only known collection (Steyermark 104014, holotype, US; isotype, NY) are possibly the result of mechanical damage to the terminal bud. The two inflorescences on the isotype at NY are twisted and stunted and do not appear to be the result of normal development. This collection may be better referred to Lindmania dendritica or L. nubigena.
from L.B. Sm. & H. Rob., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 73: 693. 1986 - The species description is emended by the following observations of leaf anatomy: vascular bundles not covered with chlorenchyma adaxially or abaxially; adaxially water storage cells mostly 2-3-stratose, abaxially in distinct narrow canals; subepidermal cells adaxially 1-2-stratose, often resiniferous, not or scarcely incrassate; substomatal pores not occluded, oval or rounded; abaxial scales rudimentary, rarely with a few projecting cells..
The leaf cross-section is of the most typical Lindmania type as seen in L. guianensis and L argentea.
Endemic. —See Steyermark, Holst et al. 1989
