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|accepted_name=Xylosma flexuosa
|accepted_authority=(Kunth) Hemsley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot.
|place=1: 57. 1879
|year=1879
}}
|common_names=Brush-holly;coronillo (a )
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Flacourtia flexuosa
|authority=Kunth
|publication_title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication_place=7(fol.): 185;  7(qto.): 239. 1825
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Flacourtia celastrina
|authority=Kunth
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Xylosma blepharodes
|authority=Lundell
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Xylosma celastrina
|authority=(Kunth) Gilg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Xylosma pringlei
|authority=B. L. Robinson
}}
|hierarchy=Salicaceae;Xylosma;Xylosma flexuosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Salicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Xylosma]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Xylosma flexuosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 164
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[trees] to 2 [12] m. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole to 5 mm; blade usually ovate to obovate, sometimes rhombic, to 8 cm, chartaceous to ± coriaceous, base cuneate to rounded, margins usually crenate to serrate, sometimes subentire, apex shortly acuminate to rounded, sometimes retuse, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes glabrescent on vasculature abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> sessile or obscurely pedunculate, 4–18-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> to 5(–8) mm at anthesis, articulate proximal to middle, usually near base. <b>Flowers</b>: pistillate sometimes with sterile, ± reduced stamens; sepals white, yellowish, or greenish, sometimes reddish adaxially, ovate, 1–1.5 mm, margins short-ciliate, surfaces usually shortly pubescent, sometimes glabrate; stamens 16–24; filaments glabrous; ovary ovoid-oblong, glabrous. <b>Berries</b> reddish to red-black at maturity, subglobose, 4–7 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 2–6, broadly ovoid, angular-compressed, sometimes reniform, 3–4 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Brushland and palm groves, often on slopes, often in moist soils
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies (Curaçao);Central America;South America (Venezuela).
|discussion=<p>In the flora area, <i>Xylosma flexuosa</i> is found on the Gulf coastal plain from Cameron to Nueces counties.</p>
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|references=
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name=Xylosma flexuosa
|author=
|authority=(Kunth) Hemsley
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Flacourtia celastrina;Xylosma blepharodes;Xylosma celastrina;Xylosma pringlei
|basionyms=Flacourtia flexuosa
|family=Salicaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Brushland and palm groves, often on slopes, often in moist soils
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies (Curaçao);Central America;South America (Venezuela).
|reference=None
|publication title=Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot.
|publication year=1879
|special status=
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|genus=Xylosma
|species=Xylosma flexuosa
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