Conocarpus erecta L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Combretaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A glabrate or silky-pubescent shrub or tree, sometimes 20 m. tall, sometimes less than 1 m. high, with angled or winged twigs. Leaves 2-5 cm. long, elliptic to oval, acute or acuminate at both ends, entire, short-petioled; racemes 3-5 cm. long, peduncled; heads 58 mm. in diameter at flowering time; hypanthium funnel-like, greenish, a little over 1 mm. long; sepals triangular- ovate, about as long as the limb of the hypanthium, pubescent; stamens and style conspicuously exserted; heads of fruit 9-14 mm. long; drupes scale-like, 2 -winged, 4-7 mm. long.
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Discussion
Coastal mud, savannas and salina-borders. throughout the archipelago to Cay Sal : Bermuda ; Florida ; West Indies and continental tropical America. A species of many races, several of which have received varietal distinction from herbarium specimens ; the distinctive characters are, however, not maintained in the field. Buttonwood. Catesby, 2 : pi. 33.
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Distribution
Throughout the archipelago to Cay Sal : Bermuda ; Florida ; West Indies and continental tropical America
Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|