Brunfelsia jamaicensis

Illustration of Brunfelsia jamaicensis (as Brunfelsia nitida var jamaicensis )

Brunfelsia jamaicensis is a species of the genus Brunfelsia Brunfelsia section. The plants are endemic to Jamaica and are considered at high risk.

• 4.1 Notes and references
• 4.2 Literature

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Brunfelsia jamaicensis is up to 10 m high. The leaves are lanceolate - oblong and blunt forward, membranous to leathery and have a length of 7.5 to 10 cm and a width of 2.5 to 4 cm. The petioles are 4-6 mm long and trough- shaped. The leaves are alternate on the branches, but pushed to the tips of the young shoots in groups.

Inflorescences and flowers

The flowers appear singly in the axils of the upper leaves on short stalks. The calyx is bell-shaped, provided with five rounded calyx teeth, finely hairy or ciliate and may be colored purple. The crown is yellow, the cylindrical corolla tube is about nine to twelve times as long as the calyx, and about twice as long as the diameter of the Kronsaums. The five Kronlappen are rounded, wavy margin entire and easily. The four stamens are divided into two pairs, which differ by the length of the stamens. The stylus is not above the corolla tube also.

Fruits

The fruits are capsules that are green when ripe and have a thick, solid pericarp.

Occurrence

The species is found only in Jamaica. They settle there, cloud forests higher layers.

Endangering

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is Brunfelsia jamaicensis as "vulnerable (VU )" ( endangered) ( endangered ) classified. Due to the threat are the destruction of sites and the displacement by introduced species.

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