Comprehensive Description
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fornecido por North American Flora
Stigmaphyllon tomentosum (Desf.) Niedzu. Gen Stigmat. 1:5. 1899.
Banisteria emarginata Cav. Diss. 425, in part. 1790.
? Banisteria ftoribunda DC. Prodr. 1 : 589. 1824.
Banisteria tomenlosa Desf. (Tab. Ecol. Bot. 136 ; hvponym. 1804) ; DC. Prodr. 1 : 589. 1824.
Stigmaphyllon emarginalum A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 290, in part. 1840.
Stigmaphyllon diversifolium Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 119. 1859. Not S. diz'ersifo/iitm A. ]uss.
1840. Stigmaphyllon floribundtim Stahl, Estud. Fl. Puerto Rico 2 : 147. 1884.
Leaf-blades ovate, oblong-ovate, oval, or suborbicular, 6-15 cm. long, rounded and notched and usually mucronate at the apex, glabrous or nearly so above, except near the base, closely pubescent beneath, rounded or subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels densely or copiously pubescent ; sepals suborbicular or orbicular-reniform, 2.5-3 mm. long, the glands one half the length of the sepal-body or more; larger petals 10-12 mm. long ; samaras 2-2.5 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing prolonged into an oblique auricle at the base.
Type locality : Tropical America. Distribution : Porto Rico.
- citação bibliográfica
- 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