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Post by Melanie on Feb 8, 2007 22:10:55 GMT 1
extinct plant from Mauritius
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Post by Melanie on Feb 8, 2007 22:11:19 GMT 1
Monimiastrum fasciculatum
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STATUS: Extinct
DESCRIPTION: Small tree, branches whitish, rounded or weakly 4-gones at the base of nodes. Leaves having petiole of 5-10mm long, thick by 1.5-2mm, glabrous or puberulent, limb elliptical or oval to elliptical, obtuse or pointed at the tip, obtuse a the base, glabrous, finely coriaceous. Flowers sessile or with peduncle reaching 2mm in length, grouped by 3-6 on short protuberances. Flower bud piriform, dense tomentose, formed by grayish or pinkish hairs. Petals are subcircular, 4-5mm in diameter. Flower disc tomentose. Berry globose, 2cm in diameter.
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Post by Surroundx on Jan 4, 2020 7:30:42 GMT 1
Now known as Eugenia longuensis, a replacement name for Monimiastrum fasciculatum since it was transferred to Eugenia and Eugenia fasciculata already exists. Snow, Neil. (2008). Studies of Malagasy Eugenia (Myrtaceae) - I: Two New Species from the Masoala Peninsula and Generic Transfers from Monimiastrum. Systematic Botany 33(2): 343-348. [ Abstract] |
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