Krugiodendron
Symb. Antill. 3: 313. 1902.
Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
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Reynosia septentrionalis Sageretia minutiflora Krugiodendron ferreum | Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |
Shrubs or trees, unarmed; bud-scales present. Leaves persistent, usually opposite or subopposite, rarely alternate, not borne on short-shoots; blade not gland-dotted; pinnately veined, secondary-veins arching near margins, higher order veins not forming adaxially raised reticulum. Inflorescences axillary, within foliage, umbels; peduncles and pedicels not fleshy in fruit. Pedicels present. Flowers bisexual; hypanthium very shallowly cupulate, 3–4 mm wide; sepals 5, spreading, greenish yellow, triangular to triangular-ovate, crested adaxially; petals 0; nectary fleshy, filling hypanthium, margin pentagonal, decagonal, or weakly subcrenulate; stamens 5; ovary superior, 2-locular; style 1. Fruits drupes, 5–8 [–12] mm; stone 1, indehiscent.
Distribution
Fla., s Mexico, West Indies, Central America (s to Costa Rica)
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.