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Shiny.  

Embedded in a cavity [unusual term, not recommended].  

Sexless, without stamens or pistils. Neither male nor female.  

(In ferns) sterile leaves that catch litter.  

(In phylogeny) said of a taxon or clade located within another clade.  

Prominently veined.  

(In nomenclature) type specimen chosen when the original type has been destroyed, or is untraceable after serious searching, and no original material exists from which a lectotype can be chosen; a neotype should resemble closely the protologue description and come from the same area if at all possible. A replacement culture for a lost holotype…

The tropical part of the American continents, i.e. central Mexico and the Caribbean islands to N Chile, Paraguay and S Brazil. Tropical portion of the Western Hemisphere, from southern Mexico and Florida to just south of Paraguay, including all the Caribbean islands.