View source for Byrsonima ← Byrsonima You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Byrsonima |accepted_authority=Richard ex Kunth |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. |place=5(fol.): 114; 5(qto.): 147; plates 446–449. 1822 |year=1822 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Malpighiaceae;Byrsonima |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malpighiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Byrsonima]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek byrsa, leather, alluding to use of bark of some species in tanning; meaning of suffix obscure |volume=Volume 12 |mention_page=page 355, 356, 436 |treatment_page=page 357 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees [subshrubs]. <b>Leaves</b> eglandular; stipules intrapetiolar, distinct or partially [completely] connate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemes [sometimes racemes of few-flowered cincinni]. <b>Pedicels</b> sessile [raised on short peduncles]. <b>Flowers</b> all chasmogamous, 6+ mm diam., showy with visible petals, stamens, and styles; calyx glands [0 or] 10 (sepals all 2-glandular); corollas bilaterally symmetric, petals white or pink, becoming red in age [light or medium yellow or red], glabrous [rarely hairy]; stamens 10, all fertile; anthers subequal; pistil 3-carpellate, carpels completely connate in ovary; styles 3, subulate, slender; stigmas terminal [slightly internal], minute. <b>Fruits</b> drupes, yellow or brownish [orange, red, purple, blue, or blue-black], stone 1, 3-locular, wall hard, smooth or rugose. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America. |discussion=<p>Species ca. 135 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Byrsonima |authority=Richard ex Kunth |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Malpighiaceae |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America. |reference=None |publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. |publication year=1822 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_252.xml |genus=Byrsonima }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Malpighiaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Malpighiaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Byrsonima.