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(Last Modified On 5/24/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/24/2013)
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Genus
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Crossopetalum P. Browne
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PlaceOfPublication
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Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 145, t. 17. f. 1. 1756.
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Note
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TYPE: Rhacoma crossopetalum L.= Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz.
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Synonym
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Rhacoma L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 896. 1759. TYPE: R. crossopetalum L.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, alternate, or rarely ternate. Inflores- cences dichasia, axillary. Flowers bisexual; calyx 4-lobed; petals 4; disc cup- shaped, slightly 4-lobed; stamens 4, inserted between the lobes of the disc; pistil semi-inferior by adhesion to the disc, ovary 4-loculed (or 2-loculed?), each 1- ovuled. Fruit a drupe; seed exarillate.
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Habit
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Shrubs or small trees
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Distribution
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This genus includes about 36 species distributed in tropical America and West Indies.
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