Cynoctonum mitreola (L.) Britton

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Loganiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cynoctonum mitreola (L.) Britton

  • Description

    Species Description - Stem glabrous, erect, terete, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, petioled, 2.5-8 cm. long, 6-25 mm. wide, acute at both ends, glabrous; cymes terminal and often also in the upper axils, slender-peduncled; flowers about 2 mm. broad, numerous, sessile or nearly so; capsule deeply 2-lobed, compressed, the lobes at length widely diverging, acute.

  • Discussion

    Savannas, brackish marshes, palmetto-lands and borders of mangrove swamps, Great Bahama, Andros and New Providence : Virginia to Florida, Texas and Mexico ; Cuba to Porto Rico and to Trinidad ; Jamaica. The Andros plant recorded by Mrs. Northrop as Cynootonum sessilifolia (T. & G.) Britton, proves to be better referable to this species. Mitkewort.

  • Distribution

    Great Bahama, Andros and New Providence : Virginia to Florida, Texas and Mexico ; Cuba to Puerto Rico and to Trinidad ; Jamaica.

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