Hedyosmum
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Description
Herbs, shrubs or trees, monoecious or dioecious;
Leaves decussate, mostly serrate, the serrations often tipped with glands (? hydathodes);
Inflorescences axillary or terminal, sometimes united with the stem near their base;
Distribution
New World present, Northern America, SE. Asia present, Southern America: Peru (Peru present), W. Malesia present
About 35 spp., almost entirely in the New World from Mexico to Peru and Brazil and West Indies, a single species in SE. Asia, extending into W. Malesia.
Citation
Benth. 1880 – In: B. & H., Gen. Pl. 3: 135
SOLMS-LAUB. 1869 – In: DC., Prod. 16: 479
LEROY 1981: Abstr. XIII Int. Bot. Congress: 136
SWARTZ 1983 – In: C. R. Ac. Sc. Paris: 747
ENDRESS 1971 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 39
CORDEMOY 1863 – In: Adansonia: 302
SWARTZ 1983 – In: Taxon: 169
SWAMY 1953 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 402
ENGLER 1894 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: 13