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Recchia mexicana Moc. & Sesse ; DC. Syst. 1 : 411. 1818
A tree with decidedly puberulent twigs. Leaves about 1 dm. long or more, the rachis very narrowly winged, the leaflets mostly 5-9, the blades ovate, oval, or oblong-ovate, 2-6 cm. long, commonly slightly acuminate, but obtuse, minutely pubescent, especially beneath, deep-green above, paler beneath, short-petioluled ; panicle-branches and pedicels puberulent ; bracts minute, nearly reniform ; sepals ovate to suborbicular, 3-4.5 mm. long, ciliolate ; petals said to be oblong, longer than the sepals, subdenticulate at the apex ; drupe oval, about 1.5 cm. long.
Type locality : Mexico.
Distribution : Western middle Mexico.
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- 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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Recchia bracteata (Planch.) Small
Rigiostachys bracteata Planch. Lond. Jour. Bot. 6 : 30. 1847.
A tree with obscurely puberulent twigs. Leaves 1 dm. long or more or sometimes shorter, the rachis narrowly winged, the leaflets mostly 7-11, the blades ovate to oblong or rarely obovate, 1-4 cm. long, obtuse or rounded at the apex, glabrous or sparingly pubescent beneath, bright-green above, yellowish-green beneath, short-petioluled ; paniclebranches spreading, like the pedicels obscurely puberulent ; bracts minute, deltoid to deltoid-reniform ; sepals oblong or nearly so, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, ciliolate ; petals linearspatulate, 13-15 mm. long, not toothed at the apex ; drupes obovoid, fully 1 cm. long.
Type locality: Mountains of Oaxaca, near the Pacific Ocean. Distribution : Guerrero and Oaxaca.
- 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
Recchia mexicana: Brief Summary
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Recchia mexicana is a species of trees in the family Surianaceae. It is native to tropical habitats of Mexico.
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