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(Last Modified On 1/14/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/14/2013)
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Species
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COCCOLOBA CORONATA Jacquin
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PlaceOfPublication
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Enum. Pl. Carib. 19. 1760
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Reference
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Select, Stirp. Am. Hist. 114, t. 77. 1763; Dugand, Caldasia 4:427. 1947; Howard, Jour. Arnold Arb. 41:40, 226, 227. 1960.
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Synonym
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Coccoloba novogranatensis Lindau, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 13:192. 1890. Coccoloba caribaea Urban, Symb. Ant. 5:377. 1907. Coccoloba waitii Johnston, Sargentia 8:122. 1949.
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Description
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Shrub, 3 m., or tree, 15m.; trunk commonly muscular, bark red; branchlets terete, glabrous, gray, the nodes slightly swollen; ocreae cylindrical, the upper portion membranaceous and deciduous, the lower portion coriaceous and persistent; leaves of normal shoots with petioles 8-11 mm. long, puberulent when young, with age glabrous except in the groove, attached above the base of the ocreae; blades ovate to oblong-ovate to ovate-elliptic, 6 X 4, 9 X 4, 10.5 X 5.5 cm. long and broad, thin-coriaceous, glabrous above, glabrate below except for long hairs along the midrib at the base of the blade, the apex attenuate, the base narrowly cordate, the margin entire, midrib and primary veins inconspicuous above, promi- nent below, the primary veins 5 or 6 pairs, the ultimate venation finely reticulate; leaves of adventitious shoots generally similar but occasionally obovate and nar- rowed at the base to ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic, the blades 11 X 7 to 18 X 15 cm. long and broad, the basal lobes of leaves of adventitious shoots often overlapping; inflorescence terminal-on short lateral shoots, 3-9 cm. long, the basal ocreae 5-10 mm. long, bibbed at the apex, the rachis glabrous, flowers commonly borne singly at each node, but occasionally two together in staminate plants, the bracts oblong, 2 mm. long, 0.5-0.75 mm. broad, the ocreolae 3 mm. long, bibbed at the apex, membranaceous and persistent, the pedicels 2.5-4 mm. long, the hypanthium 0.75 mm. long, the perianth lobes ovate, 1.5 mm. long and broad, the
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Habit
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Shrub
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Description
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functional stamens 2.5 mm. long, the functional pistil 2 mm. long; fruit generally spherical with coronate lobes, occasionally narrowed at the base, 1 cm. long, 5-9 mm. in diameter; the achene brown, shining.
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Note
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Collected in flower in May. Collected in fruit in July, September and November.
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Distribution
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St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, Tobago, Margarita, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Panama.
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Specimen
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DARIEN: Cana, Williams 945. HERRERA: Pese, Allen 802. PANAMA: Perlas Islands, Pedro Gonzalez, Allen 2602; San Jose Islands, Erlanson 377, 550, 2i6; Harlow 4I; John- ston 2I3, 230 (GH-type of C. waitii) 957, I306.
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Note
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Although most of the specimens cited have been collected in coastal areas or at low elevations, the specimens by R. S. Williams 945 were collected at 2800 ft. altitude. This collection is young material but appears to be safely referred here. There appears to be no specimen preserved that was collected by Jacquin. However, the description and illustration are sufficiently specific and can serve as the nomenclatural type.
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