Characteristics
Dicots
Triplaris melaenodendron (Bertol.)Standl. & Steyerm.
LONG JOHN
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The distinction between this species and T. cumingiana (oblong leaves, > 20 pairs of lateral veins) is tenuous, and intermediates have been reported (Brandbyge 1986).
Not Native
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Classification
CARYOPHYLLALES
Triplaris melaenodendron (Bertol.)Standl. & Steyerm. - LONG JOHN
Citation
TRIPLARIS MELAENODENDRON (Bertoloni) Standley & Steyermark, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 5. 1943.
Vellasquezia melaenodendron Bertoloni 1840.
GUATEMALA: Esquintla: Near Esquintla, 31 Jan 1939, Standley 63952 (neotype: F). Neotypified by Brandbyge, Nord. J. Bot. 6: 564. 1986.
Species Distribution Map
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