Conocarpus erectus
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- <<<Fruits>Fruits>Wings>Width
- <<<Leaves>Veins>Secondary veins>Secondary vein pair number
- <<Flowers>Calyx lobes>Growth form
- <<Flowers>Calyx lobes>Length
- <<Flowers>Disk>Hairs
- <<Flowers>Lower hypanthium>Dimensions
- <<Flowers>Lower hypanthium>Hairs
- <<Flowers>Stamens>Relative dimensions
- <<Flowers>Stamens>Stamen number
- <<Flowers>Style>Hairs
- <<Flowers>Style>Length
- <<Flowers>Style>Shape
- <<Flowers>Upper hypanthium>Dimensions
- <<Flowers>Upper hypanthium>Hairs
- <<Flowers>Upper hypanthium>Shape
- <<Fruits>Fruits>Dimensions
- <<Fruits>Fruits>Hairs
- <<Fruits>Fruits>Shape
- <<Fruits>Fruits>Wing number
- <<Fruits>Fruits>Wings
- <<Fruits>Head>Dimensions
- <<Fruits>Head>Shape
- <<Inflorescences>Flower-heads>Shape
- <<Inflorescences>Flowers>Diameter
- <<Leaves>Apex>Shape
- <<Leaves>Base>Hairs
- <<Leaves>Base>Shape
- <<Leaves>Petiole>Length
- <<Leaves>Veins>Secondary veins
- <Flowers>Calyx lobes
- <Flowers>Disk
- <Flowers>Length
- <Flowers>Lower hypanthium
- <Flowers>Stamens
- <Flowers>Style
- <Flowers>Upper hypanthium
- <Fruits>Fruits
- <Fruits>Head
- <Habit>Height
- <Inflorescences>Flower-heads
- <Inflorescences>Flowers
- <Inflorescences>Length
- <Inflorescences>Peduncle
- <Inflorescences>Plant sexuality
- <Inflorescences>Position
- <Leaves>Apex
- <Leaves>Base
- <Leaves>Dimensions
- <Leaves>Domatia
- <Leaves>Petiole
- <Leaves>Shape
- <Leaves>Texture
- <Leaves>Veins
- Common Name
- Description
- Distribution
- Flowers
- Fruits
- Habit
- Individuals Association
- Inflorescences
- Leaves
- Notes
- Phenology
<<Flowers>Stamens>Relative dimensions
exserted up to 2 mm in male flowers, otherwise variously shorter or aborted8
8. 004-005-002
<<Leaves>Base>Hairs
usually glabrous or nearly so, except often sericeous on petiole and at least basal part of midvein below26
26. 002-005-002
<Inflorescences>Plant sexuality
possibly functionally dioecious, with range of morphological development of male and female organs, often apparently male and bisexual flowers in same head;44
44. 003-004
Description
Evergreen mangrove-like shrub or tree 2-20 m, sometimes with stilt-roots. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly elliptic or sometimes elliptic, 3-12 x 0.6-3.5 cm (incl. petiole), apex tapering narrowly acute to acuminate, base gradually decurrent to narrowly acute, usually glabrous or nearly so, except often sericeous on petiole and at least basal part of midvein below; domatia conspicuous bowl-shaped pits; venation brochidodromous, secondary veins 4-7 pairs; petiole 0-3 mm long, biglandular on petiole or at base of leaf. Inflorescence axillary or terminal raceme or sparse panicle of ± globose flower-heads, up to ca. 15 cm long but usually much less, sometimes with leaves at lower nodes; possibly functionally dioecious, with range of morphological development of male and female organs, often apparently male and bisexual flowers in same head; peduncles densely silvery-sericeous; flower-heads 3-5 mm diam.Flowers 2.5-2.8 mm long (incl. calyx); lower hypanthium 0.7-1.5 x 1.4-1.7 mm in bisexual flowers, densely appressed-pubescent,upper hypanthium cupuliform, 0.8-1.2 x 1.2-1.3 mm (incl. calyx), appressed-pubescent; calyx lobes erect to incurved, 0.3-0.5 mm long; stamens (5-)10, exserted up to 2 mm in male flowers, otherwise variously shorter or aborted; disc pilose; style 0.5-1.7 mm long, often bent or with S-shaped kink, slightly exserted, glabrous. Fruits packed densely into globose to ellipsoid heads of 5-15 x 7-13 mm, only upper part of fruit exposed; fruit puberulous on convex face, glabrous on concave face, 3.7-4 x 4-4.2 mm, flattened, broadly obovate to orbicular in side view, bearing old upper hypanthium until at least maturity, ± 2-winged, wings ca. 0.5-1.5 mm wide.
Distribution
Africa: Angola (Angola present); Senegal (Senegal present), Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America present, Baja California Norte present, Bermuda present, Guianas present, Southern America: Brazil Southeast (Rio de Janeiro present); Galápagos (Galápagos present), W Africa present, extreme N Peru present
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America from Baja California Norte (ca. 29° N) and Bermuda (32° 20' N) throughout the West Indies to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ca. 23° S) and extreme N Peru (ca. 3° 30' S), incl. Galápagos, in W Africa from Senegal (ca. 15° N) to Angola (ca. 7° S); about 6 specimens from the Guianas (GU: 4; SU: 1; FG: 2).
Individuals Association
Guyana, Berbice, Waterloo Station, Jenman 4997
Guyana, Essequibo R., Essequibo Isl., Naamryk Canal just W of Lookout, at head of canal facing, Pipoly & Samuels 11751
Suriname, Nickerie, NE of Prodobong, E of Nickerie, Geyskes s.n.
Guyana, Demerara, Hope Beach, on white sand, de Granville & Poncy 11702
Cr. Caswine, Benoist 780
Inflorescences
Inflorescence raceme or sparse panicle of , but usually much less, sometimes with leaves at lower nodes;57
57. 003