Prunus serotina subsp. capuli (Cav. ex Spreng.) McVaugh
  • Brittonia 7: 308 (1951)


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17a. Prunus serotina Ehrh. subsp. capuli (Cav.) McVaugh, Brittonia 7: 308 (1951). Prunus capuli Cav., Anales Hist. Nat. 2: 110 (1800). Lectotipo (designado por Romoleroux, 1996): Ecuador, Anon. s.n. (MA). Ilustr.: Romoleroux, Fl. Ecuador 56: 137, t. 45A-B (1996). N.v.: Capulí, cerezo, cerezo de castilla.

Por J.A. Pérez-Zabala.

Prunus capollin Zucc. var. prophyllosa Donn. Sm., P. salicifolia Kunth.

Extensiones vegetativas (ramitas) más recientes glabras. Hojas 8-12 × 2.5-4 cm, 2.5-3.5(-4.5) veces más largas que anchas, lanceolado-oblongas; subcoriáceas hasta coriáceas; pecíolo 10-20(-30) × 13-20 mm. Ramas florales flexuosas, con 30-40 flores por eje; pedicelo 2.5-5 × 0.7-1.2 mm; sépalos 1.5-2.5 × 1.5-2.5 mm; pétalos 3-4 × 3-4 mm; anteras 0.8-1 × 0.5-0.8 mm. Cultivada y naturalizada en zonas abiertas y boscosas. Ch (Laughlin 67, MEXU); G (Maxon y Hay 3750, US); H (Molina R. 7870, US); ES (Calderón 520, US); CR (Morales 7149, INB); P (Grant y Rundell 97-02683, US). 1200-3000 m. (México, Mesoamérica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Argentina.)

Esta subespecie se reconoce por las hojas angostamente lanceoladas, acuminadas, las ramas florales flexuosas más gruesas y más largas que la subsp. serotina y generalmente con 3 o 4 hojas subyacentes.

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    Glabrous, some individuals lacking even the characteristic tufts along the midribs; many individuals have the tufts but are otherwise glabrous. Foliage leaves mostly 2.5-4 cm. wide, 8-12 cm. long, 2.5-3.5(-4.3) times as long as wide; petioles 1-2(-2.5)cm. long; blades with 5-11 (usually 5-7) teeth per cm. of margin. Second floral leaf mostly about 2.2 cm. wide (1-3.6 cm.) and 6 cm. long (2.5-9.5 cm.), the l/w ratio usually about 2.8 (1.7-4.6 in individual plants). Petioles usually about 1.2 cm. long (0.5-2 cm.), blades with about 7 teeth per cm. of margin (5-11). Flowering branches averaging about 15 cm. long; flowers usually about 35; pedicels about 4 mm. long in flower, 6 mm. in fruit (the range, 2.5-9 mm.); calyxlobes 1.5-2.5 mm. long (usually about 1.7 mm.); petals mostly about 3.5 mm. long and wide; longer filaments up to 5 mm. long; anthers averaging about 0.8 mm. long; style averaging about 1.7 mm. long; fruit up to about 2.5 cm. across.

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