Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Description:
Species Description - Branched, 1.2-1.8 m. high; leaves glabrous, subsessile, cuneate at the base, ovate or oblong, 3.5-7.5 cm. long, apex acute often recurved, margin subundulate, the mid-vein prominently undulate-carinate beneath. Cymes terminal, dense; floral leaves ovate, long-acuminate, slightly longer than the peduncles, early deciduous; involucres purple, 1.1-1.3 em. long; tube thin, smooth; appendix 4-glandular the lobe linear short; male pedicels hairy, the female glabrous; style shortly bifid; capsule 7.5 mm. long, 9 mm. broad, truncate at base and apex; cocci keeled; seeds ovate, 5 mm. long.
Species Description - Branched, 1.2-1.8 m. high; leaves glabrous, subsessile, cuneate at the base, ovate or oblong, 3.5-7.5 cm. long, apex acute often recurved, margin subundulate, the mid-vein prominently undulate-carinate beneath. Cymes terminal, dense; floral leaves ovate, long-acuminate, slightly longer than the peduncles, early deciduous; involucres purple, 1.1-1.3 em. long; tube thin, smooth; appendix 4-glandular the lobe linear short; male pedicels hairy, the female glabrous; style shortly bifid; capsule 7.5 mm. long, 9 mm. broad, truncate at base and apex; cocci keeled; seeds ovate, 5 mm. long.
Distribution:
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America|
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America|