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Zapoteca formosa subsp. salvadorensis (Britton & Rose) H. M. Hern.

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Anneslia salvadorensis Britton & Rose, sp. nov
A shrub, about 2 m. high, the young twigs, petioles, rachis, and peduncles somewhat pubescent. Stipules linear-oblong to ovate, about 1 cm. long; petioles slender, 1.5-5 cm. long; pinnae 2 or 3 pairs; leaflets 4-7 pairs, oblong to elliptic-obovate, more or less oblique, 1-2.5 cm. long, acute or acutish, appressed-pubescent, at least beneath, or sometimes glabrous; heads solitary or subcorymbose ; peduncles 2-3 cm. long; calyx about 2 mm. long, glabrous; corolla purple, about 4 mm. long; stamens about 2 mm. long, white; legume 5-8 cm. long, glabrous.
El Salvador and Guatemala. Type from vicinity of San Salvador, February 2-7, 1922, Standley 20452.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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