Deeringothamnus

Small

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 389. 1924.

Etymology: For Charles Deering, frequent sponsor of J. K. Small in his botanical explorations
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA03 P3 Asimina Deeringothamnus Canella pg 17.jpegDeeringothamnus rugelii
Asimina pygmaea
Deeringothamnus pulchellus
Canella winterana
John Myers
John Myers
John Myers
John Myers

Shrubs, 2-3 (-5) dm, from stout-linear or fusiform taproots. Bark thin, glabrate. Shoots arching to semidecumbent, simple or sparingly branched, glabrate; lenticels pale; buds naked. Leaves tardily deciduous. Leaf-blade leathery, glabrate. Inflorescences from axils of new shoot leaves, solitary flowers; peduncle not bracteate. Flowers ascending to nodding; receptacle flat-surfaced; sepals persistent, (2-) 3 (-4), oblong to ovate, imbricate in bud; petals 6-9 (-15) in 2 whorls, ±equal, fleshy, veins impressed adaxially, imbricate in bud; stamens 10-20 (-25), erect in flat-topped mass; connective short-cylindric, extruding, blunt; pistils 1-5 (-7), distinct, narrowly fusiform, glabrate; ovules 3-8 per pistil in 2 staggered rows. Fruits simple berries, 1-5 per flower, yellow-green, unevenly oblong-cylindric, pulpy, insipid. Seeds 3-8 per pistil, bean-shaped to ovoid, coat tough, margins absent.

Distribution

Peninsular Fla

Discussion

Species 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Petals 6–12(–15), ascending to apically recurved, white to pink, linear or narrowly oblong, 2–3 cm × ca. 2 mm; peninsular Florida. Deeringothamnus pulchellus
1 Petals prevalently 6, erect or slightly spreading, canary yellow, lance-oblong, ca. 1.5 cm × ca. 3–4 mm; e, c Florida. Deeringothamnus rugelii

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Deeringothamnus"
Robert Kral +
aromatic +
blunt +  and short-cylindric +
Peninsular Fla +
For Charles Deering, frequent sponsor of J. K. Small in his botanical explorations +
pedunculate +  and few-flowered +
ascending;nodding +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
yellow-green +
oblong-cylindric +
coalescent +  and distinct +
petiolate +  and simple +
deciduous +
aromatic +
flat-topped +
3 +  and 8 +
6 +  and 9 +
unequal +  and larger +
1 +  and 5 +
fusiform +
septate;diaphragmed +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
flat +  and elevated +
flat-surfaced +
3 +  and 8 +
bean-shaped +  and ovoid +
imbricate +  and valvate +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
oblong;ovate +
branched +  and simple +
arching +  and semidecumbent +
hypogynous +
10 +  and 20 +
fusiform +  and stout-linear +
Deeringothamnus +
Annonaceae +
evergreen +  and deciduous +
unequal +