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Lacistema aggregatum Fawc. & Rendle

Fawcett W, Rendle A B (1914) Flora of Jamaica containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island, The Trustees of the British Museum, Vol. III Dicotyledons, families Piperaceae to Connaraceae: 29-30


Types

Holotype: Rolander s.n. at SBT

Isotypes: None specified

Syntypes: None specified

Protologue

Small tree 15-20 ft. high;
Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, shortly acuminate, entire, glabrous, 8-11 cm l., 3-5 cm br.; stalk 0.5 cm l.;
Spikes greenish-yellow, as many as seven in each axil, generally longer than the petiole;
Sepals 4, irregularly ovate, serrulate, the anterior sometimes obovate;
Disk ample;
Fruit ellipsoidal, 6-8 mm, l.

Original document and line drawings

Distribution

Jamaica (Bath, Moneague, Dolphin Head, John Crow (Blake) Mountains and Union Hill near Moneague), Central and tropical South America

Habitat

Not specified

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