Comprehensive Description
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Stigmaphyllon lingulatum (Poir.) Small
Triopteris lingulata Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 8: 104. 1808.
Banisteria umbellulata DC. Prodr. 1 : 588. 1824.
Banisteria periplocifolia Desf. (Tab. Ecol. Bot. 136; hyponym. 1804) ; DC. Prodr. 1 : 589. 1824.
''Banisteria periplocifolia angustifolia DC. Prodr. 1 : 589. 1824.
? Banisteria periplocifolia su'bovata DC. Prodr. 1 : 589. 1824.
Banisteria microphvlla Hamilt. Prodr. 40. 1825. Not B. microphylla Jacq. 1768.
Stigmaphyllon periplocifolium A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 290. 1840.
Banisteria laurifolia Rich.; A. Juss. Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : 380. 1843. Not B. laurifolia L1762. Leaf-blades oblong-oval, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, mostly 2.5-14 cm. long, rounded and emarginate and usually mucronate at the apex, reticulate, usually glabrous or nearly so, rounded or cordate at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels sparingly pubescent, or glabrous at maturity ; sepals ovate to suborbicular, 3-4 mm. long, the glands one half the length of the sepal-body or less ; larger petals 10-13 mm. long ; samaras 1.5-2 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing produced into a triangular-ovate auricle at the base.
Type locality : Santo Domingo.
Distribution : Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles.
- 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
Comprehensive Description
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Stigmaphyllon emarginatum (Cav.) A. Juss. Ann. Sci
Nat. II. 13 : 290. 1840.
Banisteria fulgens L. Sp. PI. 427. 1753. Not Stigmaphyllon fulgens A. Juss. 1840.
Banisteria emarginata Cav. Diss. 425. 1790.
Banisteria splendens Macfad. Fl. Jam. 152. 1837. Not B. splendens DC. 1824.
Leaf-blades ovate to oblong, 1.5-7 cm. long, rounded and notched, and usually mucronate at the apex, sparingly pubescent above, usually closely pubescent beneath, truncate or subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels permanently closely pubescent; sepals oval or oval-ovate, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, the glands one half the length of the sepal-body or more ; larger petals 12-16 mm. long ; samaras 2-2.5 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing produced into a rounded spreading auricle at the base.
Type locality : America. Distribution : Jamaica.
- 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
