Colubrina

Contains 4 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Colubrina Rich. ex Brongn.
RHAMNACEAE
NAKEDWOOD
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Classification
ROSALES
Colubrina
Citation
COLUBRINA Richard ex Brongniart, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 10: 368. 1827, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Colubrina ferruginosa Brongniart, typ. cons. (Rhamnus colubrina Jacquin)
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Colubrina arborescens GREENHEART Native Rare-State UPL (NWPL)
Colubrina asiatica LATHERLEAF; ASIAN NAKEDWOOD Not Native FACW (NWPL) Y FAC (DEP)
Colubrina cubensis var. floridana CUBAN NAKEDWOOD Native Rare-State
Colubrina elliptica SOLDIERWOOD Native Rare-State
Identification Key
1.  Leaf blade crenate-serrate, the secondary veins mostly 3-5 on each side of the midrib; seeds relatively dull, brown to brownish black
C. asiatica
1.  Leaf blade entire, the secondary veins mostly 5-12 on each side of the midrib; seeds lustrous, black
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2.  Leaf blade secondary veins 6–12 on each side of the midrib, relatively straight to slightly curving, strongly impressed on the upper surface (the reticulate veins also often impressed); inflorescences 20–50(–70)-flowered; peduncles 8–15 mm long
C. cubensis var. floridana
2.  Leaf blade secondary veins 5–9 on each side of the midrib, moderately to strongly curving, generally flat with the blade surface or slightly impressed or slightly raised; inflorescences 8–30-flowered; peduncles 1–10 mm long
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3.  Young stems reddish tomentose; petiole 1-2 mm wide; leaf blade generally ovate-oblong, 4-17 cm long, 2-9 cm wide, the base rounded to subcordate, with glands on the lower blade surface, sometimes near the margin and rarely one or few marginal (the glands as a light discoloration when fresh, darkened and conspicuous when dry); pedicels and peduncles reddish pubescent
C. arborescens
3.  Young stems strigose to glabrate (in Florida); petiole 0.5-1 mm wide; leaf blade generally ovate-elliptic, 2.5-9 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, the base rounded to broadly cuneate, with marginal glands, some at least 1-10 mm from the petiole (the glands as a light discoloration when fresh, darkened and more conspicuous when dry); pedicels and peduncles glabrate (in Florida)
C. elliptica
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Barcena Barcena Dugés, Naturaleza (Mexico City) 4: 281, pl. 10. 1879. TYPE: Barcena guanajuatensis Dugés
Caesia Caesia Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 107. 1829 ("1825"), non R. Brown 1810. TYPE: Caesia spinosa Vellozo = Cormonema Reissek ex Endlicher 1840.
Cormonema Cormonema Reissek ex Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 1098. 1840. TYPE: Cormonema spinosum (Vellozo) Reissek (Caesia spinosa Vellozo) Substitute name for Caesia Vellozo 1829, non R. Brown 1810.
Diplisca Diplisca Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 31. 1838. TYPE: Diplisca elliptica (Swartz) Rafinesque (Rhamnus elliptica Swartz)
Hybosperma Hybosperma Urban, Symb. Antill. 1: 358. 1899. TYPE: Hybosperma spinosum Urban
Macrorhamnus Macrorhamnus Baillon, Adansonia 11: 273. 1875. TYPE: Macrorhamnus decipiens Baillon
Marcorella Marcorella (Necker ex G. Don) Necker ex Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 31. 1838. BASIONYM: Unknown. TYPE: = Colubrina Richard ex Brongniart 1827.
Perfonon Perfonon Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 29. 1838. TYPE: Non designatus.
Tubanthera Tubanthera Commerson ex Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 154. 1838. TYPE: Tubanthera katapa Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Celastrus sepiarius Dennstedt)