Monographs Details:
Authority:
Acevedo-RodrÃguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
Acevedo-RodrÃguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
Family:
Dilleniaceae
Dilleniaceae
Description:
Description - Twining liana attaining 5 m or more in length. Branches angular, appressed-pubescent. Leaves 5-16 x 2.5-8 cm, lanceolate or less frequently elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, the upper surface pilose on the primary vein, the lower surface strigose on the secondary veins, the apex acuminate, the base cuneate or rounded, the margins deeply dentate-mucronate; petioles 0.5-1.2 cm long, strigose. Inflorescences fasciculate, racemose, with 3-5 flowers; peduncles and pedicels appressed-pubescent. Calyx of 4-5 unequal sepals, pilose outside, the outer ones 1.5-2 mm long, lanceolate, the inner ones 3-3.5 mm long, ovate-elliptical; petals 2-3 mm long, white; stamens 25-40; pistil glabrous. Capsules 4-7 mm in diameter, irregularly dehiscent. Seed one.
Phenology - Collected in flower in March.
Conservation Status - Native, uncommon in Puerto Rico.
Description - Twining liana attaining 5 m or more in length. Branches angular, appressed-pubescent. Leaves 5-16 x 2.5-8 cm, lanceolate or less frequently elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, the upper surface pilose on the primary vein, the lower surface strigose on the secondary veins, the apex acuminate, the base cuneate or rounded, the margins deeply dentate-mucronate; petioles 0.5-1.2 cm long, strigose. Inflorescences fasciculate, racemose, with 3-5 flowers; peduncles and pedicels appressed-pubescent. Calyx of 4-5 unequal sepals, pilose outside, the outer ones 1.5-2 mm long, lanceolate, the inner ones 3-3.5 mm long, ovate-elliptical; petals 2-3 mm long, white; stamens 25-40; pistil glabrous. Capsules 4-7 mm in diameter, irregularly dehiscent. Seed one.
Phenology - Collected in flower in March.
Conservation Status - Native, uncommon in Puerto Rico.
Discussion:
This species was treated by Liogier ( 1 994) in his "Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands, Vol. 3" as a synonym of Doliocarpus major Gmel. This error was initiated by Hunter in 1965, but corrected by Kubitzki in 1971. Doliocarpus major is a South American species that is distinguished from D. brevipedicellatus, among other things, by having longer inflorescences and papillae on the lower surface of the leaves.
This species was treated by Liogier ( 1 994) in his "Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands, Vol. 3" as a synonym of Doliocarpus major Gmel. This error was initiated by Hunter in 1965, but corrected by Kubitzki in 1971. Doliocarpus major is a South American species that is distinguished from D. brevipedicellatus, among other things, by having longer inflorescences and papillae on the lower surface of the leaves.