Chamaesyce articulata (Aubl.) Britton

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Chamaesyce articulata (Aubl.) Britton

  • Description

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    Species Description - Erect shrub to small tree 1-2.5 m tall, glabrous, with numerous branches from a woody base; branches reddish or yellowish with conspicuous swollen nodes. Leaf blades 2-6 x 0.2-1.2 cm, linear to elliptic, nearly coriaceous, the apex acute, obtuse or seldom rounded, the base rounded and unequal, the margins entire and revolute; petioles 1-1.5 mm long; stipules triangular and ciliate. Cyathia solitary, cone-shaped, on peduncles to 7 mm long; glands green, the appendages broadly elliptic, with a white band along the margins. Pistillate flower exserted; ovary glabrous, the styles elongate, jointed for 1-2 mm at their bases. Capsule glabrous, 3-lobed, ovoid, ca. 4 mm long. Seeds ovoid, ca. 2 mm long, light brown.

  • Discussion

    Euphorbia linearis Retz., Observ. Bot. 3: 32. 1783. Chamaesyce linearis (Retz.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 410. 1916.

  • Distribution

    A common shrub of open sandy coasts and coastal thickets. Emmaus (A3116), Lameshur (A603). Also on Anegada, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda; Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and the Lesser Antilles.

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