Jacquinia keyensis Mez

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Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Jacquinia

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees to ca. 6 m; twigs gray, lepidote when young, glabrescent. Stems light gray, nearly smooth. Leaves alternate or indistinctly pseudoverticillate; petiole to 5 mm, puberulous-lepidote; blade 1-4.5 × 0.5-2.5 cm, coriaceous, margins slightly to strongly revolute, apex obtuse to rounded or retuse, mucronate. Racemes 4-30-flowered, to 6 cm, commonly exceeding leaves. Pedicels 7-12 mm; bracts lanceolate, 0.5-0.7 mm. Flowers: sepals 2-2.5(-4) mm, margins entire or erose; petals 6-9 mm, lobes ca. as long as or longer than tube; stamens shorter than staminodes; staminodes oblong, 3.5-4.5 × 2-3(-4) mm, apex obtuse, rounded, or truncate. Berries orange-red, 9-10 mm diam., pericarp smooth. Seeds brown, 3-5 mm.
Life form perennial
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses material medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Jacquinia keyensis world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Conservation status

Jacquinia keyensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:307287-2
WFO ID wfo-0000355243
COL ID 3QJY8
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INPN ID 629960
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Synonyms

Jacquinia keyensis Jacquinia keyensis var. minutifolia