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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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Genus
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MYRCIARIA Berg
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Linnaea 27:320. 1856.
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Description
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Shrubs or trees. Flowers subsessile, glomerate, axillary and lateral. Bractlets 2, enclosing the ovary, often connate at the base. Receptacle distinctly produced above the ovary, at last circumscissile. Sepals 4, imbricate in the bud and enclosing the petals. Petals small, fimbriate. Stamens numerous; filaments incurved in the bud; anthers ovate, dorsifixed, opening with longitudinal slits. Ovary 2- to 3- celled; cells 2- or 4-ovulate, the ovules ascending. Berry globose, crowned with the disc only. Embryo undivided.
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Habit
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Shrubs or trees.
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Distribution
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Species about 40 in tropical America.
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Key
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a. Leaves 2-5 (-7) cm. long, acute at the base ----------------- I .1. M. FLORIBUNDA b. Leaves 5-12 cm. long, rounded to cordate at the base ............. 2. M. VISMEAEFOLIA
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