(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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(Last Modified On 2/7/2013)
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Genus
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ODONTOCARYA Miers.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. 7: 38. 1851.
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Synonym
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Chondodendron acc. to Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. 1-34. 1862, not Ruiz & Pav.
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Description
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Twining or scrambling shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate. Staminate in- florescence axillary, solitary, racemiform, rarely paniculiform. Staminate flowers 3-merous, actinomorphic: Sepals 6-18, the exterior bracteoliform, the interior conspicuously larger, imbricate; petals 6, carnose, antesepalous; stamens 6, ante- petalous, the filaments more or less coherent, dehiscence longitudinal. Pistillate inflorescence axillary, solitary, racemose. Pistillate flovers: Sepals and petals similar to the staminate; staminodia 6 .or wanting; carpels 1-3, gibbose-oblong, the stigma sessile, 3-lobed. Fruit an ovoid-ellipsoidal drupe.
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Habit
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shrubs
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Distribution
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About 10 species. Lesser Antilles, Central America and South America.
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Key
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a. Leaves lustrous; staminate inflorescences borne on short congested secondary branches; sepals 18; petals 0.6-0.7 mm. long, pubescent .. 1. 0. NITIDA aa. Leaves dull; staminate inflorescences arising directly from main stem; sepals 6; petals 0.7 mm. or more in length, glabrous. b. Leaves with glandular areas between the base of the midrib and lowest diverging nerves, the base usually cordate; staminate inflorescence racemi- form; petals 1.5-2.6 mm. long -------------------- 2. 0. PAUPERA bb. Leaves not glandular, the base usually truncate; staminate inflorescence paniculiform; petals 0.7-1.2 mm. long .-.. ....3. 0. TRUNCATA
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