Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Icica costaricensis Rose, sp. nov A tree ; young branches light-colored, very pubescent ; rachis of leaves pubescent ; leaflets 5, lanceolate, thinnish, pubescent on both surfaces especially along the veins, narrowed at base, sometimes cuneate, attenuate above, 7-12 cm. long, entire; inflorescence shortly paniculate, 4-5 cm. long, pubescent ; calyx 4-lobed, the lobes ovate, acute, slightly pubescent ; petals 4, slightly pubescent ; ovary very pubescent.
Type collected at Las Delicias, Santa Clara, Costa Rica, Jan., 1897, T. Biollev 10665 (herbarium of Capt. John Donnell Smith).
- 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
