View source for Cynophalla flexuosa

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|accepted_name=Cynophalla flexuosa
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) J. Presl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in F. Berchtold and J. S. Presl, Prir. Rostlin
|place=2: 275. 1825
|year=1825
}}
|common_names=Bay-leaved caper-tree;limber-caper;mimbre del monte
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Morisonia flexuosa
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Pl. Jamaic. Pug.,
|publication_place=14. 1759
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Capparis brevisiliqua
|authority=de Candolle
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Capparis flexuosa
|authority=(Linnaeus) Linnaeus
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Capparaceae;Cynophalla;Cynophalla flexuosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Capparaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cynophalla]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cynophalla flexuosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 197
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>2–4 m. <b>Stems</b> ± terete, usually glabrous or glabrescent, rarely puberulent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 4–10 mm; blade 3–7(–9) × 2–4(–5) cm, coriaceous, base narrowly cuneate to rounded, apex emarginate, round, or acute, abaxial surface usually glabrescent, adaxial surface glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> (1–)2–6 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> 7–12 mm, (densely felted). <b>Flowers</b> nocturnal, fragrant; sepals orbiculate, decussate, proximal pair 5–7 × 10–12 mm, distal pair 3.5–5 × 1–1.5 mm, falling before anthesis, glabrous; petals white, becoming yellowish or reddish white, oblong-obovate, (10–)15–20 × 12 mm; stamens 40–60(–120) mm; gynophore 4–6(–8) cm. <b>Capsules</b> reddish brown to yellowish, irregularly constricted between seeds, 5–15(–28) × 9–13(–17) mm, seeds in 1 or 2 rows. <b>Seeds</b> green, 7–14 mm, covered with oily, white pulp. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–late summer.
|habitat=Coastal thickets, hummocks, marl flats
|elevation=0-10 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Cynophalla flexuosa</i> is wide-ranging and polymorphic; Floridian plants are sometimes recognized as subsp. flexuosa. Some South American plants are distinguished as subsp. polyantha (Triana & Planchon) H. H. Iltis.</p>
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name=Cynophalla flexuosa
|authority=(Linnaeus) J. Presl
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Capparis brevisiliqua;Capparis flexuosa
|basionyms=Morisonia flexuosa
|family=Capparaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–late summer.
|habitat=Coastal thickets, hummocks, marl flats
|elevation=0-10 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in F. Berchtold and J. S. Presl, Prir. Rostlin
|publication year=1825
|special status=
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|genus=Cynophalla
|species=Cynophalla flexuosa
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