Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Brachypterys ovata (Cav.) Small
Banisteiia ova ta Cav. Diss. 429. 1790.
Banisteria maritima Rich. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1 : 109. 1792.
Banisteria brachiata Willd. Sp. PI. 2 : 742. 1799. Not B. brachiala L. 1753.
Banisteria pitta H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. S : 160. 1822.
Banisteria brachyptera DC. Prodr. 1 : 591. 1824.
Banisteria calciirapa Desv.; Hamilt. Prodr. 40. 1825.
Brachypterys borealis A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 291. 1840.
Stigmaphyllon ovatum Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 31. 1900. Leaf-blades ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 4-11 cm. long, acute or obtuse at the apex, deep-green and ultimately glabrous above, paler and often permanently but sparingly pubescent beneath, acute or rounded at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles ascending; bracts ovate to orbicular-ovate, mostly 2-4 cm. long; sepals ovate to oblongovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, the glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 11-13 mm. long; samaras 1.5-2 cm. long, the wing usually shorter than the body which is transversely tuberculate-ribbed.
Type locality : Santo Domingo.
Distribution : West Indies and Central America ; also in northern 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
