Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Icica lucida Rose, sp. nov A tree ; young branches reddish, glabrous ; leaflets 5, lanceolate, shining, 6-8 cm. long, cuueate at base, acuminate, prominently reticulate beneath, glabrous ; inflorescence an open elongate panicle, longer than the leaves, 10-15 cm. long, slightly pubescent ; pedicels 1-2 mm. long; calyx 5-parted, the lobes ovate, acute; petals 2.5 mm. long, glabrous; ovary glabrous ; style short ; fruit not seen.
Type collected at Belmira near Santa Maria de Dota, Costa Rica, 1898, A. Tonduz 1164S (U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 392031).
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
