Jacquemontia cayensis Britton

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Convolvulaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Jacquemontia cayensis Britton

  • Description

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    Species Description - Stem rather stout, somewhat woody, branched, trailing or ascending, 0.5-2.5 in. long, finely pubescent or glabrate. Lea vis fleshy, oblong to broadly ovate, entire, 1-3 cm. long, obtuse, refuse or acute at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, short-petioled, sparingly pubescent or glabrous; peduncles shorter than the leaves; cymes few-flowered; sepals ovate, apiculate, about 2 mm. long; corolla white or yellowish, 5-eleft, 8-12 mm. broad; capsule ovoid globose, about 5 mm. long.

  • Discussion

    Coastal rocks, white lands and sands, Abaco and Great Bahama to Grand Turk, Inngua and (ay Sal: Cuba; Anegada. Type from Castle Island (Wilson 77''/'. Referred in Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 4: 121 to J. reclinata House, of Florida, which proves to be distinct. Fleshy Jacquemontia.

  • Distribution

    Abaco and Great Bahama to Grand Turk, Inagua and cay Sal; Cuba; Anegada.

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