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(Last Modified On 5/13/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/13/2013)
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Species
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Duranta repens L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 637. 1753.
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Synonym
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Duranta erecta L., loc. cit. 1753. Duranta ellisia Jacq., Enum. P1. Carib. 26. 1760. Duranta plumieri Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 186, t. 176, fig. 76. 1763. Duranta racemosa Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768. Duranta angustifolia Salisb., Prodr. 108. 1796. Duranta latifolia Salisb., Prodr. 108. 1796. Duranta dentata Rich. ex Pers., Syn. P1. 2: 142. 1806. Duranta xalapensis H.B.K., Nov. Gen. Sp. P1., ed. folio. 2: 206. 1817. Duranta plumieri var. strigillosa Schau. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 9: 271. 1851. Darbyana integrifolia A. M. Murray, Letters 306. 1856. Duranta bonardi Guillard ex Bocq., Adansonia 2: 112. 1862. Duranta plumieri var. ellisia (L.) Hort. ex Woodrow, Gardening Ind. 420. 1889. Duranta plumieri var. glabra Hieron ex Niederl., Bol. Mens. Mus. Prod. Argent. 3(31): 322. 1890. Duranta repens a multidentata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. P1. 2: 507. 1891. Duranta repens p paucidentata Kuntze, loc. cit. 1891. Duranta repens y mutisii 1. acuta (L.) Kuntze, loc. cit. 1891. Duranta repens y mutisii 3. acuminata (a) glabrifolia Kuntze, loc. cit. 1891. Duranta rostrata Hort. ex Wehmer, Pflanzenst., ed. 2. 2: 1023. 1931. Duranta spinosa Mill. ex Crevost & Petelot, Bull. Econ. Indo-chine 37: 1289. 1934. Duranta macrophylla Bose, Hand Book Shrubs 46, 107, 122, & 123. 1965.
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Description
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An extremely variable and polymorphic shrub or small tree to 7 m tall; branches slender, arching, often drooping or trailing, unarmed or spiny, sometimes scandent or semi-scandent, usually glabrate, sometimes obscurely appressed- strigillose; branchlets tetragonal. Leaves opposite, numerous, very variable in shape, size and texture, ovate-elliptic or ovate to obovate, 1.5-5 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, apically obtuse or acute to acuminate or apiculate, basally cuneate into the petiole at base, margins entire or coarsely serrate above the middle, occasionally coarsely dentate throughout (especially on sterile shoots), mostly thin-textured, often almost membranous, glabrate on both surfaces; petioles slender, 1-8 mm long. Inflorescences racemose, terminal and axillary, usually concentrated at or near the tips of the branches, loosely many-flowered, erect or usually recurved, often paniculate, 5-30 cm long, bractlets minute, occasionally subfoliaceous; pedicels 1-5 mm long. Flowers sweet-scented with the odor of vanilla; calyx tubular, 3-4.5 mm long, angled, appressed-strigillose, sometimes decidedly canes- This content downloaded from 192.104.39.2 on Thu, 9 May 2013 15:26:14 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions1973] MOLDENKE-FLORA OF PANAMA (Family 168. Verbenaceae) 91 cent, the teeth minute, basally triangular, apically subulate for ca. 1 mm or less; corolla hypocrateriform, blue, lilac, violet, or light violet-blue to lavender or purple, sometimes mauve or purplish with a white tube and with or without two purplish stripes in the tube, the tube surpassing the calyx by 2-3 mm, densely puberulent outside above the calyx, the limb 7-9 mm wide, densely puberulent on both surfaces, especially outside and toward the throat within, the puberulence often canescent in bud; fruiting-calyx accrescent, yellowish, glabrous, shiny, prolonged into a curved beak beyond the fruit. Fruit yellow or orange-yellow, globose, 7-11 mm in diameter, completely enclosed by the fruiting-calyx.
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Habit
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shrub or small tree
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Distribution
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In woods, thickets, hedges, fencerows, and roadsides throughout subtropical and tropical America from Florida, Texas, and southern California to Argentina; introduced and often naturalized in many parts of tropical Africa and Asia, Aus- tralia, and Oceania; widely cultivated in all warm portions of the civilized world.
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Common
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Golden dewdrop heliotrope bush
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Common
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pigeon-berry skyflower
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Common
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adonis morado celosa cimarrona
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Common
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cuenta de oro espina de paloma
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Common
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fruta de iguana lora
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Note
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Some of the infraspecific names proposed may be worth maintaining, but more study is needed to validate their separation.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Colon Island, von Wedel 36 (MO, NY). SW of Bocas at Maccaw Hill, Colon Island, 0-120 m, von Wedel 563 (MO). CANAL zoO: Blum & Tyson 2067 (MO). Cultivated, Colon, Moldenke 19802 (NY). Near Panamai, Sargent 40 (AAH, US). Lawn shrub, Parsons Street, Diablo Heights, Welch 19849 (UC). CHIRIQUI: 11/2 mi. from Boquete on high- way toward David, Dwyer & Hayden 7631 (MO). Forests around El Boquete, 1000-1300 m, Pittier 3328 (NY, US). Near San Felix, eastern Chiriqui, 0-120 m, Pittier 5438 (F, NY, US). Llanos Francia, 3300 ft, near Boquete, Stern et al. 1201 (BM, MO). Near Bouquete, 1200- 1500 m, Woodson & Schery 792 (MO, NY). COCLE: Near La Pintada, 300 m, Allen 3607 (MO, NY). Llanos outside of town, Ebinger 1034 (MO). Near El Valle de Anton 500-700 m, Seibert 433 (NY, NY). LOS SANTOS: Between Los Santos and Guarare, Woodson, Allen, & Seibort 1199 (MO, NY, NY). PANAMA: Panama Vieja, Duke 5714 (MO). Panama', Halsted s.n. (NY). Roadside, Old Panamat, Killip 3395 (US). Common near beach, E of Bella Vista, Maxon & Valentine 6930 (NY, US). Cultivated, Panama City, Moldenke 1224 (AAU). Panama, Bro. Nicolas s.n. (US). Savannas, Panama, Bro. Paul 249 (US). Savannas N of Panama City, Bro. Paul 438 (NY). Panamai, Seemann 356 (S). Near San Carlos, Woodson et al. 1698 (MO, NY, NY). Coastal thicket, Bella Vista, Standley 25309 (US). In thicket, Nuevo San Francisco, Standley 30704, 30732 (both US).
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