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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Genus
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HERNANDIA L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 981. 1753
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Reference
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Pax in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 32:129. 1889.
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Synonym
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Hertelia Neck. Elem. 2:345. 1790. Hernandezia Hoffmsgg. Verz. Pflz. Nachtr. 1:219. 1824. Biasolettia Presl, Rel. Haenk. 2:141. 1835. Hernandiopsis Meissn. in DC. Prodr. 15:264. 1864.
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Description
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Trees; leaves broad and long-petiolate, entire; flowers unisexual, borne in clusters of 2 staminate and 1 pistillate in sessile, involucrate cymules at the ends of the inflorescence branches; staminate flowers with 3 outer and 3 inner perianth lobes united at the base into a pedicel-like tube, containing 3 stamens and 3-6 glandular staminodia; pistillate flowers with 4 outer and 3 inner perianth lobes united at the base into a tube, the ovary enclosed within a more or less foliaceous cupule, the stigma fleshy, funiform, accompanied by 4 sessile, glandular staminodia inserted at the orifice of the perianth tube; fruit a nut, usually more or less 8- ribbed, enclosed within the greatly enlarged cupule.
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Trees
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a. Leaves ovate-oblong, broadly rounded at the base, not cordate, glabrous; pistillate cupule more than half as long as the perianth tube, rather thin in texture, the orifice obscurely and unequally 3-lobed, not involute1.................................................... 1. N. DIDYMANTHA aa. Leaves broadly ovate, the base broadly cordate, more or less cinereous- puberulent beneath; pistillate cupule about one-third as long as the perianth tube, fleshy, truncate, the orifice margin strongly involute ...... 2. N. STENURA
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