Pristimera caudata Mennega

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Pristimera

Characteristics

Liana; branches cinereous, lenticellate, not verrucose. Petiole 5-6 mm long; blades thin-coriaceous, greyish or yellowish green when dried, elliptic or ovate, 5-11 x 2-2.5 cm, margins almost entire, undulate, apex abruptly caudate with 10-12 mm long, obtuse acumen, base obtuse or acute, decurrent; primary vein prominent on both surfaces, secondary veins 5-7 per side, as the tertiary veins prominulous and conspicuous on both surfaces. Inflorescence cymose, 4-5 times branched, 4-7 cm long, branches slender, few-flowered; peduncle 2.5-5 cm long, very slender, faintly angled; bracts ovate, acute, ca. 1 mm long, erosulous; pedicels ca. 1 mm long. Flowers 2.5-3 mm diam.; sepals membranous, semiorbicular, 1 mm long, slightly erose; petals greenish white, membranous, 1.5 x 1.5 mm, entire, spreading; disk saucer-like, 1.3-1.5 mm diam., 0.2 mm high, margin smooth, entire; stamens reflexed at anthesis, filaments 0.8 mm long, anthers 0.3 x 0.3 mm; ovary 0.6-0.8 mm diam., ovules 4 per locule, style subulate, 0.25 mm long, stigmas inconspicuous. Fruit unknown.
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Distribution

Pristimera caudata world distribution map, present in Suriname

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:283777-2
WFO ID wfo-0001277764
COL ID 4MJSL
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Synonyms

Pristimera caudata