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Ochrosia fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet
Ochrosia fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet, Micronesica, 8:48, 1972.
Ochrosia parviflora sensu F. Brown, Flora, 22, 1935 [pro parte, non (Forster f.) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4:99, 1838].
Glabrous tree 10 m tall; leaves whorled, oblong-elliptic, 3.5 × 7.5 cm, sharply acuminate, veins visible above, about 14 or 15 pairs, with weaker ones and network between; cymes terminal in 3’s and single in upper axils, 2–3 cm long, twice trichotomous, flowers crowded or glomerate; sepals imbricate, ovate, obtuse, about 2 mm long; corolla in unopened bud cylindric, pointed, strongly contorted to left.
Possibly related to O. compta K. Schumann of Hawaii. Known only from the type-specimen.
SPECIMEN SEEN.—Fatuiva I.: Oia, 800 m, Brown 886 (BISH, type).
- bibliographic citation
- Sachet, Marie-Hélène. 1975. "Flora of the Marquesas, 1: Ericaceae-Convolvulacae." Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 1-38. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.23
Ochrosia fatuhivensis: Brief Summary
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Ochrosia fatuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.
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