Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Elaphrium heterophyllum (Engler) Rose
Bursera heterophvlla Engler, in DC. Monog. Phan. 4 : 46. 1883. Terebinlhus heterophylla Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 119. 1906.
Young branches reddish-pubescent, in age glabrous ; leaflets 3-5, subcoriaceous, beneath densely tomentose, above reddish-pilose, elliptic, entire ; flowers subsessile ; calyx-lobes linear, obtuse, 3 mm. long; petals oblong; fruit not known.
Type locality : Haquiltenango, Vera Cruz (?). Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
