Marsdenia woodburyana Acev.-Rodr.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Marsdenia woodburyana Acev.-Rodr. ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    L. Ramírez 27 with A. Rosado, 26 May 1998

  • Location

    Puerto Rico. Guánica. Bosque Estatal de Guánica, Caña Gorda.

  • Habitat

    Dry coastal woodland. On limestone substrate.

  • Description

    Twining vine, many-branched from main stem (ca. 3 cm. in diam.) at base; bark gray with lenticels, producing abundant milky sap in all parts. Racemes short, with green axes; calyx green; corolla fleshy, the lobes adaxially green in the middle portion, purplish-pink toward the strongly revolute margins, the apex reflexed; coronal appendages purplish; corpusculum dark brown; stigmatic head light green. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 328790

    Occurrence ID: fc016bbb-f034-405e-8b0a-a72d3288aee2

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Puerto Rico

  • State/Province

    Guánica

  • Locality

    Bosque Estatal de Guánica, Caña Gorda

  • Elevation

    Alt. 10 - 20 m. (33 - 66 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    17.9575, -66.9028

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