Coccocypselum cordifolium Nees & Mart.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Coccocypselum

Characteristics

Herbs, stems prostrate, the hairs dense, weak, spreading, the nodes well spaced. Leaves reniform, ovate or ovate rotund, 2.0-4.5 cm long, 1.5-3.2 cm wide, widely deltoid to obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, the lateral veins 4-6, arcuate, usually drying purple beneath. Inflorescences with peduncle to 1.6 cm long.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Coccocypselum cordifolium world distribution map, present in Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:746947-1
WFO ID wfo-0000899891
COL ID WKN2
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Synonyms

Tontanea pleuropoda Coccocypselum cordifolium Geophila pleuropoda Coccocypselum nummulariifolium Coccocypselum rothschuhii Geocardia pleuropoda Coccocypselum pleuropodum