Diagnostic description ²

Gonocalyx concolor Nevling, J. Arn. Arb. 51: 222. 1970.

Fig. 92. A-D

Epiphytic or terrestrial shrub, usually clambering, attainig 5 m in length. Stems much branched, slender, cylindrical, dark brown, the twigs minutely dense-pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate, ovate-elliptical, or less frequently rounded, flat, rigid-coriaceous, 1.5-2.7 × 1-2 cm, the apex obtuse or acute, sometimes rounded, mucronate, the base obtuse or rounded, the margins slightly revolute or flat, entire or crenulate; upper surface glabrous, with the midvein sunken; lower surface pale green, shiny, with scattered papilliform hairs, the midvein prominent, the lateral venation inconspicuous; petioles 2-2.5 mm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, pendulous; peduncle 7-11 mm long. Calyx campanulate, red, with 5 longitudinal ribs, 3-3.5 mm long; corolla tubular-campanulate, red, ca.18 mm long, with 5 broadly deltate, expanded lobes; stamens 8, the filaments ca. 2 mm long, pubescent, the anthers with the distal, tubular portion of the theca 4-5 times longer than the theca, projecting slightly outside the corolla; ovary inferior, the style thick, the stigma red, exserted. Fruits subglobose-5-angled, wine-red, truncate, 6.5-9 mm long (Kolterman et al. unpublished data).

Phenology: Collected in flower during April and July.

Status: Endemic to Puerto Rico, quite rare.

Selected Specimens Examined: Axelrod, F. 6643.

Distribution ³

Distribution: Known only from the Carite forest.

Public Forest: Carite.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10355843
2. (c) Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28435319
3. (c) Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28435816

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