Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Stigmaphyllon convolvulifolium (Cav.) A. Juss. Ann. Sci
Nat. II. 13 : 289. 1840.
Banisteria convolvulifolia Cav. Diss. 428. 1790.
Banisteria dichotoma DC. Prodr. 1 : 588. 1824. Not B. dichotoma L. 1753.
Leaf-blades ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-13 cm. long, usually long-acuminate, deepgreen above, ultimately glabrous or nearly so, pale-green beneath, truncate or subcordate at the base, rather long-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels finely pubescent ; sepals ovate, sometimes broadly so, the glands one half the length of the sepal-body or less ; larger petals 8-12 mm. long ; samaras 4-5 cm. long, the ventral side of the wing with an auricle at the base, the body crested.
Type locality : Martinique.
Distribution: Lesser Antilles and northern South America.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
