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|accepted_name=Myrsine cubana
|accepted_authority=A. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér.
|place=2, 16: 86. 1841,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rapanea punctata
|authority=(Lamarck) Lundell
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|hierarchy=Myrsinaceae;Myrsine;Myrsine cubana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Myrsinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Myrsine]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Myrsine cubana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 321
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, to 15 m; branchlets glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 4–7 mm, glabrous; blade 3.9–13.2 × 2.4–5.6 cm, surfaces punctate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: staminate 5–9-flowered, pistillate 3–7-flowered; peduncle 1.3–4.3 × 1.2–2.2 mm. <b>Pedicels</b>: 0.4–1.1 mm in staminate inflorescences, 1–1.4 mm in pistillate inflorescences, glabrous. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals 0.7–1 mm, margins entire, densely glandular-ciliate, apex acute, surface punctate, glabrous; petals lanceolate, 2.3–2.5 mm, margins entire, densely glandular-granulose, apex acute, surface punctate, glabrous; filaments rudimentary; anthers attached at apex of corolla tube, oblong, apex obtuse, epunctate dorsally; pistillode glabrous. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers similar to staminate except sepals 1–1.4 mm; petals 2.5–2.7 mm; staminodes 2.5–2.8 mm; filaments rudimentary; antherodes lanceolate, apex acuminate, apiculate; pistil punctate, glabrous; ovules 3–9. <b>Drupes</b> green to black, 3.5–4.5 mm diam., punctate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Oct–Apr; fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Mangrove formations
|elevation=0-10 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahamas;Cayman Islands;Cuba);Central America.
|discussion=<p>J. M. Ricketson and J. J. Pipoly (1997) discussed the correct application of the name <i>Myrsine cubana</i>. The widely used name <i>M. floridana</i> A. de Candolle is superfluous.</p><!--
--><p><i>Myrsine cubana</i> has sometimes been confused with M. guyanensis (Aublet) Kuntze, a South American species found in Brazil, the Guianas, and eastern Venezuela; see J. J. Pipoly (1992, 1992b) for the diagnostic features separating these taxa. In addition, <i>M. cubana</i> has a confused nomenclatural history; see J. M. Ricketson and Pipoly (1997) for a discussion.</p>
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name=Myrsine cubana
|author=
|authority=A. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Rapanea punctata
|basionyms=
|family=Myrsinaceae
|phenology=Flowering Oct–Apr; fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Mangrove formations
|elevation=0-10 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahamas;Cayman Islands;Cuba);Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Myrsine
|species=Myrsine cubana
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