Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Elaphrium kerberi (Engler) Rose
Bursera Kerberi Engler, in DC. Monog. Phan. 4 : 41. 1883. Terebinlhus Kerberi Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 119. 1906.
A shrub ; branches glabrous ; leaves clustered at the top of stunted branches ; leaflets always 3, glabrous, lanceolate, long-acuminate, 4-8 cm. long, sharply serrate ; inflorescence few-flowered; peduncle short or wanting ; fruiting pedicels 4-10 mm. long; drupes 6-7 mm. long.
Type locality : Colima.
Distribution : Hot valleys and barrancas of Jalisco and Colima.
- 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