Ctenolepis cerasiformis

(Stocks) Hooker f. in D. Oliver

in D. Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 558. 1871.

IllustratedIntroduced
Basionym: Zehneria cerasiformis Stocks Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 149. 1852
Synonyms: Blastania cerasiformis (Stocks) A. Meeuse B. fimbristipula Kotschy & Peyritsch
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 40.

Stems glabrous or subscabrous except sparsely hairy at nodes. Leaves: petiole 1–5 cm; stipuliform bracts, suborbiculate, 6–15 (–20) mm, basally clasping stem, margins stiffly spreading-ciliate; blade broadly ovate to broadly ovate-cordate or suborbiculate, usually distinctly and deeply lobed, 3.5–9 cm, lobes obovate to ovate-oblong or elliptic, base cuneate-attenuate, surfaces scabrous at least on veins and margins. Floral bracts 1–3 mm. Peduncles 2–7 mm (pistillate), 20–40 mm (staminate). Flowers: hypanthium 0.5–1 mm; sepals reflexed, 0.5–1 mm. Fruits 1.3–1.5 cm, peduncles 2.5–7 mm. Seeds whitish, 7.5–11 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Chrome ore piles
Elevation: 0 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Md., Africa, also in Asia

Discussion

Ctenolepis cerasiformis was collected by C. F. Reed in 1958 at temporary unloading sites for chrome ore from cargo ships in the Port of Baltimore. The plants are distinctive in their annual duration, deeply lobed leaves, foliaceous stipuliform bracts with stiffly ciliate margins, tiny white flowers, and small, few-seeded, smooth, red, berrylike fruits on relatively short peduncles.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Ctenolepis cerasiformis"
distinct +  and connate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Stocks) Hooker f. in D. Oliver +
cuneate-attenuate +
Zehneria cerasiformis +
lobed;broadly ovate;broadly ovate-cordate or suborbiculate +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
stipuliform +
tubular +, saucer--shaped +, campanulate +  and rotate +
Md. +, Africa +  and also in Asia +
furrowed +  and echinate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
bristly +, smooth +, hairy +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +  and muricate +
fleshy +  and hard +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
pistillate +  and staminate +
indehiscent +
ellipsoid-globose +, globose +  and depressed-globose +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Chrome ore piles +
perennial +
dioecious +  and monoecious +
obconic;cylindric-campanulate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
umbellate;subumbellate +
solitary +, corymbose +, fasciculate +, racemose +  and paniculate +
petiolate +, estipulate +  and simple +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
suborbiculate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
obovate;ovate-oblong or elliptic +
toothed +  and entire +
subglobose +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
induplicate-valvate +  and imbricate +
light yellow;pale greenish +
nearly +  and distinct +
ovatelanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
in D. Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. +
not arillate +
ovoid +  and ovoid-pyriform compressed or planoconvex +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
oblong-triangular +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Introduced +
climbing +  and procumbent +
sprawling +  and prostrate +
hairy;subscabrous;glabrous +
2(-3)-lobed +
columnar +
Blastania cerasiformis +  and B. fimbristipula +
Ctenolepis cerasiformis +
Ctenolepis +
species +
distinct +
short-oblong +
plant +  and climbing +
spreading +  and prostrate +