Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Banisteria suberosa (Griseb.) C. B. Robinson
Heteropieris suberosa Griseb. Linnaea 13 : 229. 1839. Heteropieris Lessertiana A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 276. 1840. Heteropieris suberosa Lessertiana Griseb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 12' : 69. 1858.
Leaf-blades obovate, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, or rarely ovate, 6-16 cm. long, mostly acuminate or acute, finely pubescent when young, glabrous in age, except for scattered hairs beneath, shining and reticulate above, dull and more prominently reticulate beneath, mostly rounded or obtuse at the base, short-petioled ; inflorescence corymbose ; sepals ovate, lanceolate, or oblong, 4-5 mm. long, glandless ; larger petals 6-9 mm. long ; samaras 4-5 cm. long, the wing red-sericeous, much dilated above, auricled on the ventral side near the base.
Type locality : Para, Brazil.
Distribution : Lesser Antilles ; Panama ; also in northern South America.
- 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
