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(Last Modified On 5/8/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/8/2013)
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Species
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Rhamnidium caloneurum Standley
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PlaceOfPublication
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Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 224. 1929.
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Description
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Trees, to 25 m high, the trunk to 30 cm in diameter, with the slender branches subterete, dark brown, and obscurely puberulent to glabrate, the internodes 2-3 cm long. Leaves opposite, the petioles 8-11 mm long, slender, sparsely This content downloaded from 192.104.39.2 on Tue, 7 May 2013 17:30:03 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions278 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN [VOL. 58 puberulent to glabrate; blade eliptic to oblong-elliptic, 6-11 cm long, 3-4.5 cm wide, abruptly acuminate, the acumen ca. 1 cm long, mucronate, obtuse to rounded basally, chartaceous, green and shiny and glabrous above with the transverse veins prominent, pale beneath, sparsely puberulent near the veins, the midrib elevated, slender, the lateral veins about 13 on each side, parallel, arcuate, ascending, attenuating at the revolute margins. Cymes umbelliform, axillary, few-flowered, the peduncles 6 mm long, the pedicels thick, 5-7 mm long, sparsely puberulent to glabrate; calyx 5-lobed, glabrous, triangular, acute, spreading, 6 mm wide. Berry subglobose, 1 cm long and almost the same width, rounded apically and basally, smooth, glabrous; seed 1, compressed.
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Habit
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Trees
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Distribution
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Known only from the type collection.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Daytonia Farm, Cooper 434 (F, holotype; US, isotypQ).
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Note
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The above description is a translation of Standley's original Latin diagnosis. The type collection is in a fruiting stage, which accounts for the incomplete floral description.
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