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Nectandra membranacea (Sw.) Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 282. 1860.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic,], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. Thomas, ) ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native), Common Names: Bois chypre (L. Antilles), Bois doux (L. Antilles), Curabara (Cuba), Laurelillo (Puerto Rico), Laurier caca (L. Antilles), Laurier doux (L. Antilles), Laurier go gwen (L. Antilles), Laurier isabelle (L. Antilles), Laurier meuble (L. Antilles), Laurier neglesse (L. Antilles), Laurier noir (L. Antilles), Sweetwood (L. Antilles), Synonyms: Laurus membranacea Sw. (Prodr. 65. 1788.), Ocotea membranacea (Sw.) R.A. Howard (J. Arnold Arbor. 62: 59. 1981.), Oreodaphne strumosa Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 284. 1860.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). 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. 4). 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. 5). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 6). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 7). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 8). 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. 9). 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. 10). Little, E.L. Jr. and F.H. Wadsworth. 1964. Common trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Agriculture Handbook No. 249, U. S. D. A., Forest Service, Washington, DC. 11). 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. 12). Rohwer, J.G. 1993. Lauraceae: Nectandra. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 60. 1-332. 13). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. Last edited 15 Sep 08 |