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(Last Modified On 12/18/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/18/2012)
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Genus
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BUCHENAVIA Eichl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Flora 49:164. 1866.
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Synonym
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Hudsonia A. Robinson, ex Lunan, Hist. Jam. 2:3 10. 1814, not L. (1767).
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Description
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Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or pseudo-whorled. Flowers 5 -merous, perfect and staminate together in elongated or subcapitate axillary spikes. Petals absent. Stamens 10, anthers adnate to the filaments, immobile. Fruit fleshy, 5- ridged or 5-angled, endocarp sclerenchymatous.
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Habit
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Trees shrubs
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Distribution
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12-15 species, throughout tropical America.
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