Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Stigmaphyllon cordatum Rose ; Donn. Smith, Bot Gaz. 18: 198. 1893. Leaf-blades ovate to oval or ovate-reniform, 3-11 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate, deep-green and more or less pubescent above, paler and finely reticulate beneath, broadly cordate at the base, long-petioled ; pedunclesand pedicels pubescent ; sepals broadly ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 1315 mm. long ; samaras 3-3.5 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing with an ovate ascending auricle at the base.
Type locality : Guatemala. Distribution : Guatemala.
- 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
