Diagnostic description ²

Hyperbaena laurifolia (Poir.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 1: 304. 1899.

Fig. 126. I-O

Basionym: Cissampelos laurifolia Poir.

Synonyms: Hyperbaena glauciramis Urb. & Ekman

Hyperbaena pellucida Urb. & Ekman

Hyperbaena apiculata Urb. & Ekman

Erect, decumbent, or scandent shrub attainig 5-6 m in length. Stems cylindrical, glabrous, striate. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, elliptical or less frequently elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, 8-16 × 2.3-5 cm, with the venation pinnate, the apex acute, the base obtuse, the margins entire; upper surface with the venation pale; lower surface glabrous, the primary vein prominent, the secondary and tertiary venation slightly prominent, reticulate; petioles 0.7-1.7 cm long, pulvinate at the apex and the base. Inflorescences racemose, of minute greenish flowers; the axes ferruginous-strigulose; staminate inflorescences clustered, much longer than the petioles; pistillate inflorescences solitary or clustered, as long as or shorter than the petioles. Staminate flowers: calyx ca. 0.5 mm long; petals ca. 1 mm long; stamens 6, almost sessile. Monocarps circular, slightly compressed, glabrous, 2.3-2.7 cm long.

Phenology: Collected in flower from February to August and in fruit in March.

Status: Native, uncommon.

Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 6998.

Distribution ³

Distribution: In moist forests in the zone of mogotes. Also on St. Thomas and Hispaniola.

Public Forest: Río Abajo.

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=10351694
2. (c) Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28435442
3. (c) Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/28435897

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