Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Stigmaphyllon humboldtianum A. Juss. in A. St. Hil. Fl
Bras. Merid. 3 : 56. 1833.
Banisteria tiliaefolia H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5 : 162. 1822. Not B. tiliaefolia Vent. 1803. Stigmaphyllon Finlayanum A. Juss. Arch. Mus. Paris 3: 375. 1844. Stigmaphyllon tilii folium Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 2: 16. 1900. Stigmaphyllon tiliifolium Finlayannm Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 2 : 17. 1900. Stigmaphyllon tiliifolium Berteroanum Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 2 : 17. 1900. Leaf-blades ovate to orbicular-ovate or suborbicular, 9-11 cm. long, or rarely larger, acute or rounded and mucronate at the apex, ultimately glabrous above, permanently pubescent and reticulate beneath, rounded, truncate, or subcordate at the base, long-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels finely pubescent ; sepals broadly ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long, the glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 8-9 mm. long ; samaras 3.5-4 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing with a broad auricle at the base, the body crested.
Type locality: Santa Cathariua Island, Brazil.
Distribution : Nicaragua ; Panama ; also hi northern and eastern South America.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
