Tree 10 m tall; stems densely and persistently sericeous, glabrescent in later years with the advent of secondary growth.
Slender woody vine, the stem initially thinly sericeous with very short brown strongly appressed hairs, soon (already in first year) glabrescent and developing many large punctiform lenticels.
Small shrub; stems densely and persistently sericeous with initially copper-colored hairs 0.5-1 mm long, straight, and sessile, belatedly glabrescent and developing circular or elliptical lenticels ca.
1 Gynoecium densely sericeous; bracteole gland, when present, sessile and covering much of the abaxial surface of the bracteole; stipules 1.5-3 mm long, connate their whole length; northwestern Amazonia (Brazil and Colombia) L.
5A, B); genal region dorsad of bucculae with many long, erect, fine setae; head and pronotum with moderately long, sericeous, reclining, golden setae (Figs.
7A); scutellum conspicuously transversely rugose, dull; hemelytra variably rugulose and dull; antennal segment 1 with few slender, erect spines on medial surface (<15); head and pronotum with very long, sericeous, erect, silvery setae (Fig.
SURFACE AND VESTITURE: All coxae mostly pruinose; head, pronotum, and scutellum rugulose, polished and shining; hemelytra faintly rugulose, dull; remainder of body, finely granulose, dull; frons, vertex, head ventrad of eyes and dorsad of bucculae, head, pronotum, scutellum, and basal region of hemelytra with long, sericeous, erect or semierect setae; hemelytra with numerous, venter of thorax and abdomen with less numerous, appressed, pale setae; antennae with dense decumbent vestiture, segment 1 with several fine black spines on medial surface; femora with few, long, erect setae, particularly on ventral surface; tibiae with semierect, black spines.
13A), polished and shining, contrasting with smooth and highly polished calli; hemelytra variably rugulose and dull; antennal segment 1 with a few(<15) slender, erect spines on medial surface; genal region dorsad of bucculae with many long, erect, very fine setae; head and pronotum with long, sericeous, semierect, golden setae; hemelytra with dense, moderately long, sericeous, recumbent, golden setae; ~4-5 hairs arising from lateroventral surface of claw (Fig.
