Reynosia

Grisebach

Cat. Pl. Cub., 33. 1866.

Common names: Red ironwood
Etymology: For Alvaro Reynoso, 1829–1888, Cuban chemist and agriculturalist, who revolutionized the sugar industry
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 67. Mentioned on page 45.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA12 P08 Sageretia minutiflora.jpegReynosia septentrionalis
Sageretia minutiflora
Krugiodendron ferreum
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Shrubs or small trees, unarmed; bud-scales present. Leaves persistent, opposite; blade not gland-dotted; pinnately veined, secondary-veins straight nearly to margins, higher order veins forming adaxially raised reticulum enclosing isodiametric areoles. Inflorescences axillary, fascicles or flowers solitary; pedicels not fleshy in fruit. Pedicels present. Flowers bisexual; hypanthium cupulate, 2–4 mm wide; sepals [4–] 5, spreading, yellow-green, triangular-ovate, small-keeled adaxially, not crested; petals 0 [4–5]; nectary fleshy, filling hypanthium, margin entire; stamens 5; ovary superior, 2-locular; style 1. Fruits drupes, 10–20 mm; stone 1, indehiscent.

Distribution

Fla., West Indies, Central America (Guatemala)

Discussion

Species ca. 15 (1 in the flora).

... more about "Reynosia"
perigynous +  and epigynous +
Guy L. Nesom +
Grisebach +
not gland-dotted +
3[-5]-veined +  and pinnate +
spinulose +, spinose +, serrate +  and entire +
denticulate +, dentate +, crenulate +, crenate +  and serrulate +
Red ironwood +
Fla. +, West Indies +  and Central America (Guatemala) +
For Alvaro Reynoso, 1829–1888, Cuban chemist and agriculturalist, who revolutionized the sugar industry +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
free +  and adnate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
persistent +
intrastaminal +
not fleshy +
perigynous +  and epigynous +
adnate +  and distinct +
4 +  and 5 +
2-4-carpellate +
Cat. Pl. Cub., +
schirarend1993a +
yellow-green +
distinct +
not crested;small-keeled;triangular-ovate +
indehiscent +
Reynosia +
Rhamnaceae +
deciduous +  and evergreen +
tree +  and shrub +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and synoecious +