(Last Modified On 8/21/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/21/2013)
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Genus
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Chiococca P. Br.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Civ. Nat. Hist. Jam. 164. 1756.
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Note
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TYPE: Lonicera alba L. = C. alba (L.) Hitchc.
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Synonym
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Chiococca L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 917. 1789. TYPE: C. racemosa L.
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Description
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Shrubs, vines, or trees, often scandent. Leaves membranous to coriaceous, petiolate; stipules usually cuspidate, persistent. Inflorescences axillary, racemose or paniculate, the racemes often secund. Flowers pedicellate; hypanthium com- pressed; calycine cup 5-lobed, persistent; corolla funnelform or campanulate,
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Habit
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Shrubs, vines, or trees
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Description
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glabrous throughout, the lobes valvate; stamens with the filaments connate at the base; ovary 2-celled, each cell I-ovulate. Fruits drupaceous, orbicular, usually laterally compressed, white at maturity.
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Distribution
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occurs in southern Florida, tropical America, and the West Indies.
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Key
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a. Vines or sprawling shrubs; stamen filaments included in the corolla tube. b. Corolla 3-4 mm long; leaves stiffly papyraceous to subcoriaceous, the lateral veins 4-5 ...... 1. C. alba bb. Corolla 6-10 mm long; leaves coriaceous, the lateral veins 5-8 ...... 2. C. durifolia aa. Upright shrubs or trees; stamen filaments exserted. c. Leaves tapering at apex; corolla with tube 3.6-6.0 mm long ...... 4. C. phanaestemon cc. Leaves obtuse or subrotund at apex; corolla with tube ca. 2 mm long ...... 3. C. jefensis
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