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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Roadside; Matecumbe muck soil.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector G. Gann 560
with K. Bradley
Collection Date 03 Apr 1996
Accession Number 222485
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Tree 4 m tall; fruit a capsule.
Habitat Coral limestone, with Elaphrium [Bursera], Swietenia, Dalbergia, Gouania, among others.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector G. R. Cooley 9245
with J.R. Eaton, O. Lakela
Collection Date 13 Oct 1962
Accession Number 54419
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Rocky hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. W. Long 2225
with G.N. Avery, J. De Boer, R. Hebert, G. Mills
Collection Date 07 Aug 1966
Accession Number 75873
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description A rather trim shrub 4 m tall; flowers white or yellow, mostly at the ends of the branches.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9736
Collection Date 09 Sep 1981
Accession Number 165673
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Tree 4 m tall.
Habitat Beach strand.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. P. Sauleda 7982
with D.K. Sauleda
Collection Date 27 Nov 1982
Accession Number 170641
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Dense shrub ca. 5 m tall; flowers white, axillary; capsules oblong, woody.
Habitat Hammocks.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector W. C. Brumbach 9635
Collection Date 24 Oct 1980
Accession Number 158063
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Small tree.
Habitat Hammock.
Reproductive State
Collector R. F. Thorne 15091
Collection Date 01 Sep 1954
Accession Number 13756
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Low hammock, with Piscidia, Bumelia [Sideroxylon], and Amyris as the dominants.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. A. Hilsenbeck 535
with P.C. Hilsenbeck
Collection Date 29 Dec 1975
Accession Number 123690
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum Roem. & Schult.
Locality Florida, Monroe Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Tree 4.25 m tall; flowers white.
Habitat Hardwood hammock rockland.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector T. Kurian 1
Collection Date 12 Sep 2009
Accession Number 250883
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Dominican Republic. Barahona Prov. "La Hortaliza", ca. 1 km up stream from mouth of Río Baoruco where it joins Riocito. 18° 4' 60" N 71° 5' 60" W
Description 3 m tall, one stem; corolla yellowish at end of day; fruit medium brown.
Habitat Lowland flood plain of river, broadleaf forest grazing of cattle below.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Elevation 30 to m
Collector T. A. Zanoni
with M. Mejía & C. Ramirez
Collection Date 20 May 1981
Accession Number 193342
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Dominican Republic. La Romana Prov. Río Cumayasa river valley, just N of town of Boca de Cumayasa, on SW side of river mouth. 18° 25' 0" N 69° 5' 60" W
Description 4 m tall; corolla white; fades yellowy.
Habitat Dry broadleaf forest on limestone above river on slopes, Rhizophora mangroves along river edge here.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 0 to 20 m
Collector M. Mejía
with C. Ramirez
Collection Date 11 Jun 1981
Accession Number 192882
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Puerto Rico. Sabana Grande Mun. : Reserva Forestal Susua; 2.0 mi. E of highway 368; ca. 4 mi. NE of Sabana Grande.
Description Shrub 4 m tall.
Habitat Along road in forest; dry scrub forest and roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Sauleda, D. K. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & J. Melendez
Collection Date 20 Nov 1981
Accession Number 166865
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Bahamas. Exuma , Black Point Distr. : Bell Island; trail that leads to the Marina.
Description Tree.
Habitat Interior/coastal dry evergreen forest.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector E. Freid
Collection Date 01 Jul 1995
Accession Number 229522
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Puerto Rico. Guánica Mun. : Reserva Forestal Guánica; ca. 2 mi. ESE of Guánica (s.l.d.); km marker 7.2 along N side of highway 333.
Description Shrub 3 m tall; flowers white, fading brown.
Habitat Open forest on bare rock of hillside.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R. P. Sauleda, D. K. Sauleda, M. E. Ragan, & E. Antomarchi
Collection Date 18 Nov 1981
Accession Number 292193
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Puerto Rico. Guánica Mun. : Reserva Forestal Guánica; along N side of route 333, 3 mi. SE of junction with route 116; 2.5 mi. SE of Guánica.
Description Shrub 2 m tall.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with M. Ragan, R. & P. Adams
Collection Date 06 Nov 1983
Accession Number 176517
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
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 Flower
Collector J. E. Poppleton
with T. Arcuri
Collection Date 25 Aug 1994
Accession Number 222909
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Jamaica. Cornwall Co. , St. Elizabeth Par. : Lititz. 17° 56' 35" N 77° 34' 27" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. Wolle
Collection Date Jul 1847
Accession Number 85373
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult. - Determined By: Correll,
Locality Bahamas. Great Abaco Island , South Abaco Distr. : Schooner Bay.
Habitat Low coppice along ridge.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector R. P. Sauleda
with R. M. & P. Adams
Collection Date 03 Aug 1979
Accession Number 150022
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Dominican Republic. Peravia Prov. Base y ladera de Monte Hano, 3 km noroeste de Galeón o 15 km noroeste de Baní; en la carretera a Azua. 18° 23' 60" N 70° 26' 0" W
Description Hasta 3 m de alto, flor vieja y descolorada.
Habitat Bosque seco de Prosopis, Acacia, Mimosa, Consolea, Cylindropuntia, Cassia y Jacquinia (arboles no altos).
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 125 to m
Collector T. A. Zanoni
with M. Mejía
Collection Date 30 Nov 1982
Accession Number 192871
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult. - Determined By: Fr. M. Arnoldo,
Locality St. Maarten. Lowlands.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector Fr. M. Arnoldo
Collection Date 17 Dec 1964
Accession Number 83187
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Locality Jamaica. Middlesex Co. , St. Catherine Par. : Hellshire Hills. 17° 54' 6" N 76° 57' 10" W
Description Small tree, 4 m tall; flowers white, fragrant.
Habitat Dry woodland, limestone substrate; E slope.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 200 to 400 ft
Collector G. R. Proctor
Collection Date 16 Dec 1952
Accession Number 13718
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Exostema caribaeum
Family Name Rubiaceae
Currently Accepted Name Exostema caribaeum (Jacq.) Schult.
Locality Mexico. Yucatán 10-15 km N of Chunchucmil. 20° 38' 35" N 90° 12' 51" W
Description Tree, fruits green.
Habitat Roadside.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector S. P. Darwin
Collection Date 02 Oct 1982
Accession Number 172542
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