Colubrina cubensis var. floridana

M. C. Johnston

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

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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.
glabrescent +  and villous-strigose +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
acute +  and rounded or emarginate +
Guy L. Nesom +
M. C. Johnston +
rounded +  and obtuse +
Rhamnus cubensis +
3-veined +  and veined +
not gland-dotted +
3[-5]-veined +  and pinnate +
spinulose +, spinose +, serrate +  and entire +
denticulate +, dentate +, crenulate +, crenate +  and serrulate +
elliptic-oblong;ovate-oblong or obovate-oblong +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Fla. +, West Indies (Cuba) +  and West Indies (Hispaniola) +
0–10 m. +
Rockland hammocks. +
free +  and adnate +
hemispheric +
20-50(-70)-flowered +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
deciduous +
obscurely serrulate to crenulate +  and entire +
intrastaminal +
not fleshy +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
yellowish +  and creamy white +
adnate +  and distinct +
clawed +, obovate +  and spatulate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb–Mar, possibly year-round. +
2-4-carpellate +
brown +  and greenish +
distinct +
keeled;ovate-triangular;triangular +
straight +
puberulent-tomentose +
Colubrina cubensis var. floridana +
Colubrina cubensis +
variety +
corymblike +
deciduous +  and evergreen +
tree +  and shrub +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and synoecious +