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(Last Modified On 8/28/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/28/2013)
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Genus
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Coccocypselum P. Br.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica. 144. 1756.
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Note
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"Coccocipsilum" No- men and orthography cons. TYPE: C. repens Sw.
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Synonym
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Sicelium P. Br., Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica. 144. 1756. Nomen Rejic. contra Coccocypselum P. Br. Based on Coccocipsilum P. Br. Tontanea Aubl., Hist. P1. Guiane 1: 108. 1775. TYPE: T. guianensis Aubl. Bellardia Schreb., Gen. P1. 1: 790. 1791, not Allioni 1785. Provisional name for Tontanea Aubl. Condalia R. & P., Prodr. 11. 1794. Nomen Rejic., not Condalia Cav. (1799). Rhamnaceae. Nomen Cons. TYPE: C. repens R. & P. Lipostoma D. Don in Edinburgh Philos. J. 1: 168. 1829. LECTOTYPE: L. capitata (Graham) D. Don (Aeginetia capitata Graham).
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Description
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Herbs, often woody, prostrate or occasionally erect. Leaves petiolate; stipules free, persistent. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, the peduncle occasionally absent, the flowers disposed in a head; bracts and bracteoles small. Flowers 4-merous; calyx with the lobes narrow and elongate, persistent; corolla variable in color, infundibuliform, the mouth glabrous, the lobes valvate; stamens included or exserted, the anthers dorsifixed; ovary 2-celled, the ovules numerous in each locule, horizontal. Fruits baccate, ovoid or globose, shiny blue; seeds numerous, minute, somewhat angular.
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Habit
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Herbs
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Distribution
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ranges from Mexico through Central America, the West In- dies, and South America.
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Note
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There are about 20 species in the genus.
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Reference
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Steyermark, J. S. 1967. Coccocypselum in Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden 17: 333-334.
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Key
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a. Leaves with lateral veins 8-12, ovate lanceolate to oblong, to 7.5 cm long, often drying olive green; pubescence not reddish ...... 4. C. lanceolatum aa. Leaves with lateral veins 6-8, mostly ovate, rhomboid or ovate rotund, to 6.5 cm long, not drying olive green, often with a reddish pubescence. b. Inflorescence with peduncles 1.0-3.8 cm long; leaves (2-)3-6.5 cm long, often with a reddish pubescence c. Leaves not cordate at the base ...... 3. C. hirsutum cc. Leaves cordate at the base ...... 1. C. cordifolium bb. Inflorescence sessile; leaves 0.8-4.2 cm long, lacking a reddish pubescence beneath ...... 2. C. herbaceum
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