Metastelma northropiae Schltr.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Apocynaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A slender glabrous vine, 1-2 m. long. Leaves ovate to oblong or oblong lanceolate, 1.5-3 cm. long, acute at the apex, rounded or narrowed at the base, the slender petiole 3-8 mm. long; cymes few-flowered, on peduncles about as long as the petioles; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse or acutish; corolla about 5 mm. long, 5-lobed, glabrous without, pubescent within, its lobes oblong, obtuse; gynostegium long-stipitate; corona-segments linear, acute; follicles linear, glabrous, 5-6 cm. long.
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Distribution
White-lands, coppices and scrub-lands. Andros and Great Bahama to Cat Island and Little San Salvador ; Florida ; Cuba. Referred by Mrs. Northrop to 21. bahamense Griseb., which it much resembles, except in its long-stipitate gynostegium. Northrop's Metastelma.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| El Salvador Central America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America|