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(Last Modified On 5/24/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/24/2013)
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Species
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Maytenus schippii Lundell
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Phytologia 1: 305. 1939.
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TYPE: Belize, Schipp 1014 (MICH).
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Description
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Glabrous tree to 10 m high, branchlets slender. Leaves thinly subeoriaceous, obovate to elliptic, 5.0-11.5 cm long and 2.3-5.4 cm wide, abruptly acuminate, the acumen obtuse, the base broadly cuneate, finely crenulate-serrulate, the costa elevated above and beneath; petioles canaliculate, 6-9 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, fasciculate; pedicels 4-6 mm long. Flowers with 5 dentate calyx lobes. Capsules bright orange, obovoid, 9-12 mm long, 2-celled with 2 erect ovules per cell, but 1-3-seeded at maturity; aril red.
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This species is close to M. guatemalensis Lundell, according to Lundell's protologue, and probably also close to M. jamaicensis Kr. & Urb.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Croat 6135 (MO). Third small cave E of Slothia Island, Croat 6123 (MO). Between Bat Cave and Colorado Point, Foster 1196 (MO). COLON: Salud, Lao & Holdridge 231 (MO).
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