Guapira obtusata
Phytologia 17: 368. 1968.
Common names: Broadleaf blolly Corcho prieto
Basionym: Pisonia obtusata Jacquin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 74.
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Trees or shrubs, to 8 m. Stems and buds densely reddish-pubescent. Leaf-blades oblongelliptic to suborbiculate, 2–10 × 1–6 cm, broadly coriaceous, rigid when dry, base cuneate, apex rounded to slightly retuse, surfaces glabrate. Inflorescences loose, 4–6 cm; buds and branches densely reddish-pubescent. Flowers: staminate yellowish green to purple; perianth funnelform, 4–5 mm, reddish-pubescent; fruiting pedicel 2–3 mm. Fruits 5–9 × 2–3 mm upon drying.
Habitat: Hammocks
Elevation: 0-100 m
Distribution
Fla., West Indies.
Discussion
Guapira obtusata is rare in the flora in the Florida Keys.
N. L. Britton (1904b) discussed the misapplication of Pisonia obtusata Swartz to Guapira obtusata and its erroneous inclusion in G. discolor (as Torrubia).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.