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Accession Data:

Cubanola domingensis (Britton) Aiello

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Rubiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Dominican Republic (endemic)

  • Description: Shrub or small tree up to 2m high. Leaves with petioles 1-3 mm. long; blades ovate or elliptic, 6-12 cm. long, 3.3-6 cm. wide, acuminate or acute at apex, obtuse or acute at base. Calyx lobes 1.1-2.5 cm. long, 1-2 mm. wide. Corolla 18.5-19.8 cm. long, tube 6.5-7 cm. long, lobes 7-8 mm. long. Fruit ellipsoid, 3-4.3 cm. long, apex obtuse.2
  • USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201300065
  • Source: Berkeley
  • Accession Date: 10-25-2013
  • Bench: 1302 - NEOA: North Bench E
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 12-31-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rubiaceae
  • SubFamily: Cinchonoideae
  • Tribe: Catesbaeeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Dominican Republic

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 25 October 2013).
  2. Aiello, Annette (1979). "A reexamination of Portlandia (Rubiaceae) and associated taxa". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (Harvard University) 60: 113. ISSN 0004-2625
  3. WCSP (2013). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. Cubanola domingensis. (2011, April 30). Wikispecies, . Retrieved 17:53, October 25, 2013

data regenerated on Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:48:24 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum aff. moseleyanum
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum formicarum W/C
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum formicarum
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum formicarum
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa'
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum longistylum W/C
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum moseleyanum
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum moseleyanum W/C
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum orichalcum
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum papuanum
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum puffii
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum ramispinum
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum simplex
  • Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum sp. W/C
  • Hydnophytinae: Myrmecodia beccarii
  • Hydnophytinae: Myrmecodia platytyrea
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  • Hydnophytinae: Myrmecodia platytyrea ssp. antoinii
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  • Hydnophytinae: Myrmecodia sp.
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  • Hydnophytinae: Myrmephytum beccarii
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W/C = Wild Collected
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