Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Nyctaginaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Commicarpus scandens (L.) Standl.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Glabrous; stems slender, pale, elongated and often vine-like, much branched, sometimes 2 m. long. Leaves ovate, rather thin, somewhat fleshy, 1-4 cm. long, acute, acuminate or obtuse at the apex, cordate or truncate at the base, the petioles 2.5 cm. long or less; peduncles slender, mostly longer than the leaves; umbels several-flowered; pedicels filiform, 5-12 mm. long; calyx greenish, about 6 mm. broad, its tube and teeth short; fruit narrowly elavate, 7-10 mm. long, glandular toward the blunt apex, its ribs low and obscure.

  • Distribution

    Scrub-lands, thickets and coppices, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cave Cay. Acklin's Island, Grand Turk. Ambergris Cay and Anguilla Isles : Florida : Texas and Arizona to Guatemala. Colombia and Peru: Jamaica'; Cuba to Virgin Gorda and St. Barts : Bonaire ; Aruba ; Curagao. Commicarpus.

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