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Elaphrium lanuginosum H.B.K. Nov. Gen. &
Sp. 7: 31. 1824.
Amyris lanuginosa Spreng. Syst. 4 : Cur. Post. 149. 1827. Bursera lanuginosa Engler, in DC. Monog. Phan. 4 : 58. 1883. Terebinthus lanuginosa Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 120. 1906.
A small tree, the young branches very pubescent, the old branches glabrate, with smooth brown bark ; leaves clustered at the ends of short branches, once-pinnate ; rachis winged, entire (sometimes toothed?); leaflets 9-19, oblong, acute, crenate, densely pubescent on both surfaces, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, sometimes reticulate beneath; inflorescence compact, 1-3 cm. long; calyx-lobes very hairy without ; drupes subsessile, glabrous, globose, 5-6 mm. in diameter.
Type locality : Near Cuernavaca, Morelos.
Distribution : Hot and dry valleys of central Mexico, especially in the 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
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Elaphrium jorullense H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 7 : 28. 1824
Amyris jorullensis Spreng. Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 148. 1827.
Bursera jorullensis Engler, in DC. Monog. Phan. 4: 57. 1883.
Terebinthus jorullensis W. F. Wight ; Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10 : 119. 1906.
A small tree; branches purplish, smooth, glabrous; leaflets oblong, obtuse, crenate,
softly tomentose on both sides, strongly rugose beneath, 20-25 mm. long; inflorescence
compact, 8 cm. long; drupes globose.
Type locality: Near Jorullo, Michoacau.
Distribution : Central Mexico.
- 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
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Elaphrium glabrescens (S. Wats.) Rose
Bursera Palmeri glabrescens S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 25: 145. 1890. Bursera glabrescens Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3 : 313. 1895. Terebinthus glabrescens Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 119. 1906.
A shrub or small tree, 3.6-7.5 meters high, with dark-brown or blackish bark; leaflets 5-10 pairs, small, 4 cm. long or less, rarely 12 mm. wide, oblong, very rugose and becoming nearly glabrous above, strongly reticulate and pubescent beneath ; rachis with narrow wings; racemes very much contracted, but, including the peduncle, often 25-38 mm. long; drupes 6 mm. in diameter ; stone orange, spheric.
Type locality : Bluff of the Rio Grande de Santiago near Guadalajara, Jalisco. Distribution : Durango to Jalisco.
- 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
