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Celtis lamarckiana

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Name

Identification
Celtis lamarckiana Roem. & Schult. [family ULMACEAE ] (stored under name); Trema lamarckiana (Roem. & Schult.) Blume [family ULMACEAE ] Verified by Charles Dennis Adams,
Related name
  • Celtis lamarckiana
  • Trema lamarckiana
Common name
  • West Indian trema, Flora of North America Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Trema lamarckiana (Roemer & Schultes) Blume [family ULMACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 3,
Names
Trema lamarckiana (Roemer & Schultes) Blume [family ULMACEAE], Mus. Bot., 2: 58. 1856
Celtis lamarckiana Roemer & Schultes [family ULMACEAE], Syst. Veg., 6: 311. 1820
Information
Small trees or shrubs, to 3 m. Bark gray-brown, smooth. Branchlets glabrous to densely pubescent. Leaf blade ovate, mostly 2-4(-6) × 2-2.5(-3) cm, base obtuse to nearly truncate, margins crenate, apex acute; surfaces abaxially and adaxially harshly pubescent with conspicuous pustules; venation prominent, raised abaxially, reticulate. Flowers: calyx pink to white. Fruits pink, 2-2.5 mm diam.
Phenology
Flowering late winter-spring (Mar-Apr), sometimes summer-fall (Jul-Nov)
Altitude range
0-25 m
Distribution
West Indies.USA Fla.
Discussion
Trema lamarckiana is endemic to the Florida Keys and West Indies.

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