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Nectandra coriacea (Sw.) Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 281. 1860.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbuda, Dominica, the Grenadines, Maria Galante,Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (Native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Mona, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native: FL), Mexico (Native), Central America (native), Common Names: Avispillo (Puerto Rico), Bastard torch (Bahamas), Black torch (Bahamas), Boniatillo (Cuba), Boniato amarillo (Cuba), Boniato cigua (Cuba), Cabirma aromática (Dominican Republic), Cap Henri (Haiti), Cigua (Cuba), Cigua (Puerto Rico), Cigua blanca (Dominican Republic), Cigua de costa (Dominican Republic), Curavara (Cuba), Laurel (Puerto Rico), Laurel cigua (Puerto Rico), Laurel perdiz (Dominican Republic), Laurier (Haiti), Laurier blanc (Haiti), Poirier (Haiti), Sigua (Cuba), Sigua (Dominican Republic), Sigua amarilla (Cuba), Sigua blanca (Cuba), Sigua de mierda (Cuba), Small-leaved sweetwood (Jamaica), Sweet torchwood (Bahamas), Timber sweetwood (Jamaica), Synonyms: Laurus coriacea Sw. (Prodr. 65. 1788.), Nectandra boniato A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 188. 1850.), Nectandra cigua A. Rich. (in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 187. 1850.), Nectandra sanguinea sensu Griseb., non Rottb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 281. 1860.), Nectandra willdenoviana Nees var. obliterata Meisn. (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 165. 1864.), Ocotea coriacea (Sw.) Britton (in N.L. Britton & C.F. Millspaugh, Bahama Fl. 143. 1920., dry forest), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 5). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 6). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 7). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 8). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 9). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 10). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 11). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 12). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 13). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 14). Liogier, A.H. and L.F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 15). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 16). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 17). Rohwer, J.G. 1993. Lauraceae: Nectandra. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 60. 1-332. 18). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 19). The C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium. 2003. Vascular plants type catalog. New York Botanical Garden. Website: sciweb.nybg.org/science2/hcol/vasc/index.asp 20). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 21). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 22). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 15 Sep 08 |