Eugenia rhombea

(O. Berg) Krug & Urban

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 644. 1895.

Common names: Red stopper
Basionym: Eugenia foetida var. rhombea O. Berg Linnaea 27: 212. 1856
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Shrubs or trees, 1–5 (–10) m, glabrous except for scattered, simple hairs on bracts, brac­teoles, calyces, and floral discs. Twigs compressed at nodes; bark gray. Leaves drying dull grayish green or olive, concolorous or abaxially paler; petiole channeled, 3–5 mm; blade narrowly ovate, ovate, or elliptic, 2–8 × 1–3.5 cm, rigidly leathery, base rounded or broadly cuneate, decurrent or merging into edge of petiole, margins cartilaginous, often white, apex bluntly acute or acuminate, surfaces with numerous glands, sometimes obscure adaxially on older leaves. Inflorescences 1–8-flowered, often short racemes, sometimes superficially fasciculate or a single flower; axis 0–2 mm; bud globose, 2–3 mm; bracteoles persistent, ovate to lanceolate, 0.5–0.7 × 0.3–0.5 mm, base distinct, margins scarious or with few hairs, hairs sometimes in apical tufts, apex acute. Pedicels gracile, 8–20 (–30) mm, prominently glandular. Flowers: hypanthium globose or broadly campanulate, 1.5–2 mm, base rarely substipitate at anthesis, apex developing a narrow neck, separating developing fruit from calyx; calyx lobes reflexed at anthesis, concave, in unequal pairs, smaller pair 1.5–2 × 1.5–2, larger pair 2–4 × 2–3 mm, margins scarious, usually white or ciliolate, apex rounded; petals elliptic, 3 × 2 mm, margins ciliolate, apex rounded; disc 2–3 mm diam.; stamens ca. 60, 2.5–3.5 mm; style 3.5–4 mm. Berries dark red or purple, globose or oblate, 4–7 mm diam.; calyx persistent, lobes erect, paler.


Phenology: Flowering mainly in summer; fruiting in fall.
Habitat: Coastal scrub.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America

Discussion

Eugenia rhombea is known in the flora area from Miami-Dade County and the Keys in Monroe County.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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dorsifixed +  and basifixed +
rounded +, acute +  and acuminate +
Fred R. Barrie +
- O. Berg Krug & Urban +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> - 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> +
substipitate +
distinct +
merging into edge +, decurrent +, cuneate +  and rounded +
Eugenia foetida var. rhombea +
purple +  and dark red +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> - 0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> +
oblate +  and globose +
brochidodromous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> - 8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> +
elliptic +  and ovate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> +
connate +  and distinct +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> - ? +  and 0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> - ? +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> - ? +  and 0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> - ? +
globose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> +
persistent +
fused +  and distinct +
2mm +  and 4mm +
1.5 +  and 2 +
2mm +  and 3mm +
Red stopper +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> - 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +  and Central America +
0–10 m. +
pedicellate +  and 4-merous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
purplish black +, black +, purple +  and red +
obovoid +, oblate +  and globose +
conspicuous +  and obscure +
aromatic +
thinly to densely +  and glabrous +
Coastal scrub. +
not prolonged +
campanulate +  and globose +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> - 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> +
petiolate +  and simple +
paler +, concolorous +, olive +, grayish green +, dull +  and drying +
persistent +
scarious +  and with few hairs +
basal +, subapical +  and inferior +
smaller +  and unequal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> - 3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
coherent +, fused +  and distinct +
conspicuous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> - ? +
channeled +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> - 0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> +
Flowering mainly in summer +  and fruiting in fall. +
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. +
appearing fasciculate , or flowers +  and elongate +
leathery +  and membranous +
subglobose +  and reniform +
500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br /> - 1,000 cm10,000 mm <br />10 m <br /> +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> - 500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br /> +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> - 0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> - ? +  and 0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> - ? +
Eugenia rhombea +
species +
reniform +, globose +  and solid +
500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br /> - 1,000 cm10,000 mm <br />10 m <br /> +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> - 500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br /> +
compressed +