Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Elaphrium apterum (Ramirez) Rose
Bursera aptera Ramirez, Anal. Inst. Med. Nac. 2 : 16. 1896. Terebinthus aptera Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 118. 1906.
A small tree ; young branches glabrous, reddish ; old branches blackish ; leaves clustered at the ends of short, stunted branches, once-pinnate ; rachis narrowly winged ; leaflets 7-11, ovate, obtuse, entire or rarely somewhat crenate, S-15 mm. long, glabrous; peduncles one-flowered, very short, 2-3 mm. long; drupes glabrous, 5 mm. in diameter.
Type locality: Jojutla, Morelos. Distribution : State of Morelos.
- 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
