Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Banisteria purpurea L. Sp. PI. 427. 1753
Banisteria pari'i folia Vent. Choix pi. 51. 1803. Heleropteris purpurea H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5: 164. 1822. Heleropteris parvifotia DC. Prodr. 1 : 591. 1824. IMalpighia elliptica Desv.; Hamilt. Prodr. 40. 1825.
Leaf-blades oblong, oval, suborbicular, or ovate, 1.5-5.5 cm. long, rounded or retuse, and sometimes mucronulate at the apex, light-green and usually somewhat shining above, glabrous, at least at maturity pale-green or glaucous and dull beneath, short-petioled; inflorescence short, corymbose, the branches sparingly pubescent or glabrous ; sepals ovate to oblong, 2.5-3 mm. long, the glands over one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 5-5.5 mm. long; samaras 2-3 cm. long, the wing slightly dilated upward, sparingly pubescent, the body striate-veined, crownless.
Type locality : Tropical America.
Distribution: West Indies and northern South America.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
