Comprehensive Description
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Xolisma octandra (Sw.) Small
Andromeda octandra Sw. Prodr. 73. 1788.
Lyonia octandra Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 142. 1859.
A much-branched shrub or small tree, with sparingly scurfy twigs; leaves numerous,
bright-green, the blades thickish, oblong to oblong-elliptic, or slightly broadest above the
middle, mostly 3-6 cm. long, obtuse, entire, sometimes undulate, nearly smooth and shining
above, slightly paler and sometimes obscurely reticulate beneath, short-petioled ; panicles
cluster-like, several-flowered, the pedicels short; calyx about 4 mm. wide, the lobes usually 4,
deltoid to ovate-deltoid, abruptly pointed; corolla not seen; capsules ovoid or oval, 3.5-4 mm. long.
Type locality: Jamaica. Distribution: Jamaica.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Lyonia octandra: Brief Summary
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Lyonia octandra is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
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