Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Strempeliopsis strempelioides (Griseb.) K. Schumann,
in E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 4^: 144. 1895.
Rauwolfia strempelioides Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 170. 1866. Strempeliopsis Benthami Baillon, Hist. PI. 10: 182. 1889. Strempeliopsis cubensis Maza, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 273. 1895.
Shrub, occasionally only 1 meter tall, wholly glabrous throughout; leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, obovate to obovateoblong, 2-6 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. broad, rounded at the apex, acutely to obtusely cuneate at the base, the petioles 6-8 mm. long; inflorescence several-flowered, much shorter than the subtending leaves; pedicels 1-1.5 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovatetriangular, acute, 0.8-1 mm. long; corolla salverform, the tube 3-4.5 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes oblongdolabr if or m, 2.5-4 mm. long, spreading; follicles 5-7 cm. long.
Type locality: Western Cuba. Distribution: Cuba.
- bibliographic citation
- Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. 1938. (ASCLEPIADALES); APOCYNACEAE. North American flora. vol 29(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
