Myrsine cubana

A. de Candolle

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 16: 86. 1841,.

Synonyms: Rapanea punctata (Lamarck) Lundell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 321.

Shrubs or trees, to 15 m; branchlets glabrous. Leaves: petiole 4–7 mm, glabrous; blade 3.9–13.2 × 2.4–5.6 cm, surfaces punctate. Inflorescences: staminate 5–9-flowered, pistillate 3–7-flowered; peduncle 1.3–4.3 × 1.2–2.2 mm. Pedicels: 0.4–1.1 mm in staminate inflorescences, 1–1.4 mm in pistillate inflorescences, glabrous. Staminate flowers: sepals 0.7–1 mm, margins entire, densely glandular-ciliate, apex acute, surface punctate, glabrous; petals lanceolate, 2.3–2.5 mm, margins entire, densely glandular-granulose, apex acute, surface punctate, glabrous; filaments rudimentary; anthers attached at apex of corolla-tube, oblong, apex obtuse, epunctate dorsally; pistillode glabrous. Pistillate flowers similar to staminate except sepals 1–1.4 mm; petals 2.5–2.7 mm; staminodes 2.5–2.8 mm; filaments rudimentary; antherodes lanceolate, apex acuminate, apiculate; pistil punctate, glabrous; ovules 3–9. Drupes green to black, 3.5–4.5 mm diam., punctate.


Phenology: Flowering Oct–Apr; fruiting year-round.
Habitat: Mangrove formations
Elevation: 0-10 m

Distribution

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Fla., West Indies (Bahamas), West Indies (Cayman Islands), West Indies (Cuba), Central America

Discussion

J. M. Ricketson and J. J. Pipoly (1997) discussed the correct application of the name Myrsine cubana. The widely used name M. floridana A. de Candolle is superfluous.

Myrsine cubana has sometimes been confused with M. guyanensis (Aublet) Kuntze, a South American species found in Brazil, the Guianas, and eastern Venezuela; see J. J. Pipoly (1992, 1992b) for the diagnostic features separating these taxa. In addition, M. cubana has a confused nomenclatural history; see J. M. Ricketson and Pipoly (1997) for a discussion.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Myrsine cubana"
lanceolate +
acuminate +, obtuse +  and acute +
John J. Pipoly III +  and Jon M. Ricketson +
A. de Candolle +
attenuate +  and rounded +
3.9 cm39 mm <br />0.039 m <br /> (13.2 cm132 mm <br />0.132 m <br />) +
sculpted +  and entire +
oblanceolate;obovate;oblanceolate;obovate;oblong;elliptic +
2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br /> (5.6 cm56 mm <br />0.056 m <br />) +
persistent +
triangular +  and ovate +
green;white or pink +
cupuliform +  and campanulate +
Fla. +, West Indies (Bahamas) +, West Indies (Cayman Islands) +, West Indies (Cuba) +  and Central America +
green +  and black +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (?) +
0-10 m +
curved +  and straight +
leathery +  and crusty +
connate +  and distinct +
staminate +  and pistillate +
green;black +
circumscissile +, valvate +  and dehiscence +
globose +
Mangrove formations +
nectariferous +
pistillate +, staminate +, 3-7-flowered +  and 5-9-flowered +
monomorphic +
persistent +
glandular-ciliate +
glandular-granulose +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
anatropous;campylotropous +
3 +  and 9 +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.43 cm4.3 mm <br />0.0043 m <br />) +
accrescent +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
connate;proximally nearly distinct +
lanceolate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Flowering Oct–Apr +  and fruiting year-round. +
3-5-carpellate +
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. +
membranous +
white +  and black +
depressed +  and globose +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (?) +
epipetalous +  and antipetalous +
4 +  and 6 +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
usually capitate;truncate +
3-5-lobed +  and conic +
rudimentary +
Rapanea punctata +
Myrsine cubana +
species +
annual +  and perennial +
tree +  and shrub +
dioecious +  and monoecious +