Trema lamarckiana

(Roemer & Schultes) Blume

Mus. Bot. 2: 58. 1856.

Common names: West Indian trema
Endemic
Basionym: Celtis lamarckiana Roemer & Schultes Syst. Veg. 6: 311. 1820
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Small trees or shrubs, to 3 m. Bark gray-brown, smooth. Branchlets glabrous to densely pubescent. Leaf blade ovate, mostly 2-4(-6) × 2-2.5(-3) cm, base obtuse to nearly truncate, margins crenate, apex acute; surfaces abaxially and adaxially harshly pubescent with conspicuous pustules; venation prominent, raised abaxially, reticulate. Flowers: calyx pink to white. Fruits pink, 2-2.5 mm diam.


Phenology: Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–Apr), sometimes summer–fall (Jul–Nov).
Habitat: Disturbed areas along margins of woodlands and roadways
Elevation: 0-25 m

Discussion

Trema lamarckiana is endemic to the Florida Keys and West Indies.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Trema lamarckiana"
Leila M. Schultz +
(Roemer & Schultes) Blume +
Celtis lamarckiana +
West Indian trema +
Fla. +  and West Indies. +
0-25 m +
Disturbed areas along margins of woodlands and roadways +
Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–Apr), sometimes summer–fall (Jul–Nov). +
Trema lamarckiana +
species +