Guapira discolor
Phytologia 17: 368. 1968.
Common names: Pigeon-wood beef-wood pork-wood beef-tree blolly
Illustrated
Basionym: Pisonia discolor Sprengel Syst. Veg. 2: 168. 1825
Synonyms: Guapira bracei (Britton) Little Guapira floridana (Britton) Lundell Guapira globosa (Small) Little Guapira longifolia (Heimerl) Little
Trees or shrubs, to 15 m. Stems and buds glabrate or sparsely reddish pubescent. Leaf blades broadly to narrowly elliptic, 6–13 × 1–3 cm, fleshy-chartaceous, thin and ± papery when dry, base cuneate, apex ± acute, surfaces glabrate. Inflorescences loose, 3–7 cm; buds and branches sparsely reddish pubescent or glabrate. Flowers: staminate yellowish green; perianth widely funnelform, 3–4 mm, sparsely puberulent or glabrate; fruiting pedicel 2–3 mm. Fruits 5–8 × 2–3 mm upon drying.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Hammocks, pine-scrub
Elevation: 0-100 m
Distribution
Fla., West Indies.
Discussion
Guapira discolor appears in the flora only along the southern coast of Florida and in the Florida Keys.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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