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Aridland Stopper (Mosiera xerophytica)

Description

The flowers are composed of cup-shaped base (hypanthium) 1/16 inch long, which bears 4 rounded or pointed gland-dotted calyx lobes 1/8 inch long and the other parts; 4 white elliptic rounded petals more than - inch long; many threadlike white stamens - - 5/16 inch long; and pistil with inferior ovary containing many ovules and slender white style - inch long. The fruits are green when immature and contain few seeds. Flowering and fruiting in spring, collected also with immature fruits in July and with flowers in October. The wood is light brown and hard. Rare in dry limestone forest from sea level to 200 feet altitude in southwestern Puerto Rico, also Muertos. PUBLIC FOREST. - Gu-nica. RANGE. - Known only from southwestern Puerto Rico and Muertos. OTHER COMMON NAME. - guayabac-n (Puerto Rico). This species was named in 1924 from incomplete specimens collected at Muertos in 1905 by Nathaniel L. Britton and others. The flowers are described here from a specimen collected in 1940. The scientific name xerophytic, or dry plant, describes this species adapted to dry areas.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Mosiera