Colubrina cubensis var. floridana
Wrightia 3: 96. 1963.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 76.
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Shrubs or trees, erect, 5–8 m. Stems straight, tawny puberulent-tomentose. Leaves deciduous; petiole 5–15 mm; blade elliptic-oblong to ovate-oblong or obovate-oblong, 4–10 cm, subcoriaceous, base rounded to obtuse, margins entire or obscurely serrulate to crenulate, apex acute to rounded or emarginate, abaxial surface tawny-tomentose, adaxial surface villous-strigose, glabrescent; pinnately veined, secondary-veins 6–12 pairs, relatively straight, basal pair prominent. Inflorescences corymblike thyrses, 20–50 (–70) -flowered; peduncles 8–15 mm; fruiting pedicels 4–9 mm. Capsules 7–9 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Feb–Mar, possibly year-round.
Habitat: Rockland hammocks.
Elevation: 0–10 m.
Distribution
Fla., West Indies (Cuba), West Indies (Hispaniola)
Discussion
Variety floridana is known in the flora area only from Miami-Dade County.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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tawny-tomentose +
dehiscing +
not gland-dotted +
elliptic-oblong;ovate-oblong or obovate-oblong +
subcoriaceous +
absent +
bisexual +
dehiscent +
hemispheric +
2mm;3mm +
20-50(-70)-flowered +
fascicles +
axillary +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
deciduous +
adnate +
intrastaminal +
absent +
fleshy +
3(-4)-locular +
basal +
inferior +
anatropous +
absent +
not fleshy +
not fleshy +
hooded +
opposite +
absent +
absent +
2-4-carpellate +
Wrightia +
1963 +
straight +
basal +
prominent +
valvate +
distinct +
spreading +
keeled;ovate-triangular;triangular +
longitudinal +
tawny +
straight +
puberulent-tomentose +
1;4 +
absent +
connate +
Colubrina cubensis var. floridana +
Colubrina cubensis +
variety +
fascicles +
corymblike +
unarmed +
woody +