View source for Crossopetalum

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|accepted_name=Crossopetalum
|accepted_authority=P. Browne
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica,
|place=145, plate 16, fig. 1. 1756
|year=1756
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Celastraceae;Crossopetalum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Celastraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Crossopetalum]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek krossos, fringe, and petalon, petal, alluding to fimbriate petals of the type species
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 112
|treatment_page=page 121
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees. <b>Branchlets</b> terete. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, opposite or whorled; stipules present; petiole present; blade margins spiny-toothed, crenate, or entire; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, cymes. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric; perianth and androecium hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 4, distinct; petals 4, white, pale green, reddish, or purplish; nectary intrastaminal, annular, fleshy; stamens 4, free from and inserted under nectary; staminodes 0; pistil 4-carpellate; ovary superior, immersed in and adnate to nectary, 4-locular, placentation axile; style 1; stigmas 4; ovule 1 per locule. <b>Fruits</b> drupes, red, 1[–2]-locular by abortion, obovoid or subglobose, apex not beaked. <b>Seeds</b> 1[–2] per fruit, obovoid, not winged; aril absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 35 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Shrubs, to 0.5 m; stems spreading or prostrate; leaf margins spiny-toothed; pedicels 3–7 mm.
|[[Crossopetalum ilicifolium|Crossopetalum ilicifolium]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Shrubs or trees, 3–4 m; stems erect; leaf margins crenate or entire; pedicels 7–12 mm.
|[[Crossopetalum rhacoma|Crossopetalum rhacoma]]
|}
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name=Crossopetalum
|author=Jinshuang Ma
|authority=P. Browne
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Celastraceae
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica,
|publication year=1756
|special status=
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|genus=Crossopetalum
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