Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Rutaceae
Rutaceae
Description:
Species Description - Usually a shrub, sometimes a small tree up to 10 m. in height, intricately branched, the branches armed with hooked prickles, or occasionally unarmed, the young twigs puberulent. Leaves 2.5-10 cm. long, odd-pinnate; leaflets 5-13, obovate to elliptic or suborbicular, 7-25 mm. long, rounded or cmarginate at the apex, mostly cuneate or narrowed at the base, crenulate, bright-green and shining above, the petiole and rachis grooved and winged; inflorescence lateral, axillary, short-spicate; sepals 4, not more than 0.5 mm. long; petals 4, yellowishgreen, 2-3 mm. long; staminate (lowers with 4 stamens, longer than the petals; pistillate flowers with a sessile ovary and slender styles; follicles globose, 3-4 mm. in diameter; seeds black, shining.
Species Description - Usually a shrub, sometimes a small tree up to 10 m. in height, intricately branched, the branches armed with hooked prickles, or occasionally unarmed, the young twigs puberulent. Leaves 2.5-10 cm. long, odd-pinnate; leaflets 5-13, obovate to elliptic or suborbicular, 7-25 mm. long, rounded or cmarginate at the apex, mostly cuneate or narrowed at the base, crenulate, bright-green and shining above, the petiole and rachis grooved and winged; inflorescence lateral, axillary, short-spicate; sepals 4, not more than 0.5 mm. long; petals 4, yellowishgreen, 2-3 mm. long; staminate (lowers with 4 stamens, longer than the petals; pistillate flowers with a sessile ovary and slender styles; follicles globose, 3-4 mm. in diameter; seeds black, shining.
Distribution:
Berry Islands Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Central Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| México Mexico North America|
Berry Islands Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Central Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| México Mexico North America|