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Byrsonima spicata (Cav.) DC. (Prodr. 1: 580. 1824.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [ Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Central America (Costa Rica), South America (native), Common Names: Bois charbon (L. Antilles), Bois tan (L. Antilles), Colorín (Cuba), Gerstroemia silvestre (Cuba), Liane à coliques (Haiti), Liane taureau (Haiti), Madroño (Dominican Republic), Maricao (Dominican Republic), Mauricypre (L. Antilles), Peralejo (Dominican Republic), Peralejo de pinares (Cuba), Piragua (Dominican Republic), Sangre de doncella (Cuba), Shoemaker's bark (L. Antilles), Toro-tigre (Dominican Republic), Synonyms: Byrsonima coriacea sensu Little & Wadsworth (Comm. Trees Puerto Rico & Virgin Isl. 256. 1964.), Byrsonima cubensis A. Juss. var. brachypoda Turcz. (Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(1): 392. 1858.), Malpighia spicata Cav. (Diss. 8: 409. 1789.), 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). Anderson, W. R., C. Anderson, and C. C. Davis. 2008. Malpighiaceae. Website: herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh 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). 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. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 10). 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. 11). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 12). 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. 13). 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. 14). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 15). Stahl, A. 1883-1888. Estudios sobre la flora de Puerto-Rico. Folleto I-VI. Tip. El Asimilista, San Juan (Folleto I); Tip. González and Cía, San Juan (Folleto II-VI). Puerto Rico. 16). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org Last edited 18 Aug 08 |