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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Shrub 4 m tall; fruits numerous, pedicelled, black when ripe.
Habitat Dense hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9603
Collection Date 10 Aug 1980
Accession Number 151815
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Tropical hammock forest on limestone.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector B. F. Hansen 6380
with J. Hansen
Collection Date 16 Sep 1979
Accession Number 144026
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Frequently burned pine rockland savanna and hammock edge.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 0 to 5 ft
Specimen Notes
Collector S. L. Orzell 21221
with E.L. Bridges
Collection Date 10 Jan 1993
Accession Number 226693
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description A low decumbent shrub.
Habitat On limestone in pine rockland.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector K. A. Bradley 1703
Collection Date 21 May 1998
Accession Number 223304
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Coastal berm.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector K. A. Bradley 1271
with S. Woodmansee
Collection Date 07 Sep 2000
Accession Number 233273
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description In a hammock where this small-leaved species does not stand out; berries greenish when not ripe, dark red when ripe.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9709
Collection Date 26 Jul 1981
Accession Number 180316
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: Lakela,
Determination History
Rhacoma crossopetalum L.
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Bud
Specimen Notes
Collector F. C. Craighead
Collection Date Jun 1961
Accession Number 47260
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Low, rocky pineland.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector R. A. Hilsenbeck 530
with P.C. Hilsenbeck
Collection Date 28 Dec 1975
Accession Number 123667
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: Lakela,
Determination History
Rhacoma crossopetalum L.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector F. C. Craighead
Collection Date 26 Nov 1962
Accession Number 57104
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: Hilsenb., 06-Jan-1975
Determination History
Gyminda latifolia (Sw.) Urb.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Hammock growth and roadside areas.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. W. Long 1802
with F. Almeda, J. De Boer, C.R. Broome
Collection Date 25 Jun 1966
Accession Number 74822
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Pinelands.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector C. vanHoek 101
Collection Date 07 May 1988
Accession Number 196279
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Pineland vegetation.
Reproductive State Bud
Specimen Notes
Collector J. E. Poppleton 810
Collection Date 21 May 1976
Accession Number 123373
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1977
Determination History
Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Disturbed hammock edge and pinelands.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. W. Long 2511
with G.N. Avery, C.R. Broome
Collection Date 11 Feb 1967
Accession Number 79590
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Thrinax morrisii - Pinus elliottii open woodland along weedy roadside, grading into mangroves on W end.
Reproductive State Bud
Specimen Notes
Collector B. F. Hansen 11442
with D.R. Richardson
Collection Date 18 Aug 1987
Accession Number 193148
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Miami-Dade Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Low shrubs; trunk none; branches radiate, ca. 1 m long, arching to 30-40 cm high; leaves broadly elliptic, ternate on old wood, opposite on new growth.
Habitat Rocky pineland.
Reproductive State Bud
Specimen Notes
Collector G. N. Avery 1453
Collection Date 10 Jun 1973
Accession Number 107501
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: Lakela,
Determination History
Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Rhacoma crossopetalum L.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Hammock and surrounding pineland.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. W. Long 2118
with G.N. Avery, J. De Boer, R. Hebert, G. Mills
Collection Date 06 Aug 1966
Accession Number 75945
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: Hilsenb., 06-Jan-1975
Determination History
Myginda pallens Banks ex Sm.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes Sheet 1 of 2.
Collector C. S. Sargent
Collection Date 22 Apr 1886
Accession Number 89840
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: Hilsenb., 06-Jan-1975
Determination History
Myginda pallens Banks ex Sm.
Gyminda latifolia (Sw.) Urb.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes Sheet 2 of 2.
Collector C. S. Sargent
Collection Date 22 Apr 1886
Accession Number 89839
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Florida, Sarasota Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Shrub 2 m, with arching branches; flowers pale green; mature fruits lustrous red.
Habitat Remnant cedar [Juniperus virginiana] hammock, with Eugenia axillaris, E. foetida, Capparis cynophallophora, Lantana involucrata, Zanthoxylum juniperinum [Z. fagara], Chiococca alba, and some Schinus terebinthifolia.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector B. K. Holst 7259
Collection Date 16 Apr 2000
Accession Number 250580
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: Wunderlin, May 2012
Locality USA. Florida , Monroe Co. : Little Torch Key.
Description Frequent.
Habitat Hammock forest.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. Stalter 60
Collection Date 04 Mar 2012
Accession Number 262479
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: A. R. Franck, 04-Apr-2013
Determination History
Ilex vomitoria Aiton
Locality Florida, Sarasota Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Shrub to 2.5 m tall.
Habitat Coastal scrub hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Wunderlin
with C.H. Dodson, M. Madison
Collection Date 02 Apr 1981
Accession Number 152858
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: R. O. Woodbury, 1985
Locality Puerto Rico. Guánica Mun. : Guánica National Forest along route 333.
Description Shrub 2 m; mature fruit scarlet.
Habitat Seaside scrub.
Reproductive State
Elevation 1 to 10 m
Specimen Notes
Collector G. T. Prance
with G. Proctor & C. C. Berg
Collection Date 04 Apr 1985
Accession Number 190216
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Puerto Rico. Ponce Mun. : 2.8 mi. W of Ponce along the coast road (highway 2), at the Holiday Inn.
Description Shrub 1 m tall; fruit ripening red.
Habitat Low scrub on coastal hills.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Sauleda, D. K. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & E. Antomarchi
Collection Date 18 Nov 1981
Accession Number 166547
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality U.S. Virgin Islands. St. John Island Cruz Bay, route 105 from Fish Fry Drive to the intersection of route 105/103 along the N side of Enighed Pond. 18° 19' 60" N 64° 46' 60" W
Habitat Within ruderal, dry scrub, and mangrove fringe communities.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector J. E. Poppleton
with T. Arcuri
Collection Date 25 Aug 1994
Accession Number 222873
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Bahamas. North Andros Island Blanket Sound; Forfar Field Station; along old logging N of field station.
Reproductive State Flower
Specimen Notes
Collector M. A. Vincent
with R. J. Hickey & E. H. Freid
Collection Date 22 May 1997
Accession Number 228674
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Cayman Islands. Grand Cayman Island S Sound Road, Georgetown.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector N. Chevalier
Collection Date 17 Dec 1971
Accession Number 139969
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Determination History
Rhacoma crossopetalum L.
Locality Bahamas. San Salvador Island
Habitat Dry coral sand near the sea.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector Worthington
Collection Date 12 Mar 1909
Accession Number 85781
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz - Determined By: R. O. Woodbury, 1984
Locality U.S. Virgin Islands. St. John Island SE corner of island at parking area of Salt Pond.
Description Shrub, 2.5 m tall.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector S. A. Mori
with R. Woodbury & J. Matuszak
Collection Date 10 Nov 1984
Accession Number 185981
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality St. Maarten. Oyster Pond.
Description Erect shrub 2 m tall.
Habitat E side of island, along roadside; low hills near shoreline.
Reproductive State Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with D. K. Sauleda
Collection Date 27 Sep 1982
Accession Number 169845
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Puerto Rico. Ponce Mun. : 2.8 mi. W of Ponce along the coast road (highway 2), at the Holiday Inn.
Description Shrub; flowers white.
Habitat Low scrub on coastal hills.
Reproductive State Fertile
Specimen Notes
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Sauleda, D. K. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & E. Antomarchi
Collection Date 18 Nov 1981
Accession Number 166166
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Crossopetalum rhacoma
Family Name Celastraceae
Currently Accepted Name Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz
Locality Puerto Rico. Isla Vieques Mun. : Half Moon Beach at Sun Bay, on the S coast of the island.
Description Shrub 4 m tall; fruit red.
Habitat Shrub forest on limestone rocks along shore.
Reproductive State Fertile
Specimen Notes
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Sauleda, D. K. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & E. Antomarchi
Collection Date 26 Nov 1981
Accession Number 165967
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