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Cordia

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Boraginales Family: Cordiaceae Genus: Cordia

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs or small trees.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Margins entire, serrate, or occasionally lobed. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in cymes, racemes, spikes, or heads. Flowers bisexual (perfect) or staminate. Calyx 5–10-lobed, usually persistent. Corolla salverform or funnelform, 4–8-lobed, without scales in the throat. Stamens as many as corolla lobes. Ovary superior, 4-celled; ovules 1 per cell, sometimes fewer by abortion; style terminal; stigma 4-lobed.

Fruit: Fruit drupaceous; unlobed; ovoid to ellipsoid; exocarp fleshy or dry. Seeds 1–4.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 191 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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