View source for Picramnia pentandra

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|accepted_name=Picramnia pentandra
|accepted_authority=Swartz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Ind. Occid.
|place=1: 220. 1797
|year=1797
}}
|common_names=Florida bitterbush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Picramniaceae;Picramnia;Picramnia pentandra
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Picramniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Picramnia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Picramnia pentandra]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 5
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 15–40 dm. <b>Stems</b>: young puberulent. <b>Leaves</b> imparipinnate; petiole ± puberulent; larger leaves 8–14 cm, sparsely puberulent; petiolules 1.5–3 mm, wrinkled, ± puberulent; leaflets 5–11, ovate to narrowly elliptic, larger 6–12.5 × 1.8–5 cm, apex usually acute to acuminate, usually shiny adaxially, secondary and tertiary veins salient on both surfaces, glabrous except along midveins adaxially and at base near petiolule. <b>Thyrses</b> 6–20 cm. <b>Pedicels</b>: staminate 0.5–0.7 mm; pistillate 1–2 mm. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals lanceolate, 1–1.2 mm, puberulent; petals lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 1.5–1.6 mm, glabrous; intrastaminal discs circular; stamens 5, filaments 2.2–2.8 mm, anthers dorsifixed; pistils vestigial. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals triangular, 1 mm, puberulent; petals narrowly oblong, 1.3–1.6 mm, glabrous; stamens 0; pistils ovoid, 1–1.5 mm, glabrous, stigmas 2, slightly divergent. <b>Berries</b> becoming black, spheric to ellipsoid, 6–9 mm diam., glabrous; pedicels 7–10 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Hammocks, pine woodlands, on limestone.
|elevation=0–20 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahamas;Cuba);Central America;n South America (Venezuela).
|discussion=<p>In the flora area, <i>Picramnia pentandra</i> is known from Miami-Dade County.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Picramnia pentandra
|author=
|authority=Swartz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Picramniaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting year-round.
|habitat=Hammocks, pine woodlands, on limestone.
|elevation=0–20 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahamas;Cuba);Central America;n South America (Venezuela).
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Ind. Occid.
|publication year=1797
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_1139.xml
|genus=Picramnia
|species=Picramnia pentandra
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