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Banisteria tomentosa Schlecht. Linnaea 10: 244. 1833. Not B. tomentosa 

 Desf. 1804 



Hcteropteris beecheyana Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 278. 1840. 



Banisteria simulans Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 136. 1910. 



Tepic to Tamualipas, Yucat&n, and Chiapas. Central America and Colombia. 



Erect or scandent shrub ; leaves oblong to rounded-oval, 4 to 7 cm. long, 

 copiouslj' pubescent beneath ; petals 4.5 to 6 mm. long ; samaras 3 to 4 

 cm. long. 



3. Banisteria cotinifolia (Juss.) C. B. Robinson; Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 134. 



1910. 

 Heteropteris cotinifolia Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 274. 1840. 

 Veracruz and Oaxaca. 



Leaves broadly ovate or rounded, 4 to 7 cm. long, obtuse, glabrate; samaras 

 2.5 to 3 cui. long. 



4. Banisteria arborescens (T. S. Brandeg.) Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 135. 1910. 

 Heteropteris arborescens T. S. Brandeg. Zoe 5: 203. 1905. 



Known only from the type locality, Cerro Colorado, Sinaloa. 

 Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 4 to 8 cm. long, glabrate ; samaras 2.5 

 to 3 cm. long. 



5. Banisteria pallida (T. S. Brandeg.) Standi. 



Heteropteris pallida T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 182. 1915. 

 Guerrero and Oaxaca ; type from San Ger6nimo, Oaxaca. 

 Leaves ovate to broadly oval, 3 to 11 cm. long, in age glabrous ; samaras 

 2.5 to 3 cm. long. 

 Perhaps not distinct from B. arborescens. 



6. Banisteria palmeri (Rose) C. B. Robinson; Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 135. 



1910. 

 Heteropteris palmeri Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 311. 1895. 

 Sonora and Sinaloa ; type from Alamos, Sonora. 



Leaves ovate or lanceolate, 3 to 7 cm. long, glabrate ; larger petals 5 to 6 mm. 

 long. " Bejuco huesillo " (Sinaloa). 

 The stems are used as cordage. They are sometimes 20 to 25 meters long. 



7. Banisteria gay ana (Juss.) C. B. Robinson; Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 135. 1910. 

 Hcteropteris gayana Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 274. 1840, 



Colima to Oaxaca. 



Large scandent shrub ; leaves 2.5 to 7 cm. long, glabrate ; samaras often tinged 

 with red. 



8. Banisteria portillana (S. Wats.) C. B. Robinson; Small, N. Amer. Fl. 25: 



135. 1910. 

 Heteropteris portiliana S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 22: 402. 1887. 

 Jalisco ; type collected near Guadalajara. 



Scandent shrub ; leaves 6 to 11 cm. long, glabrous in age ; petals 7 to 8 mm. 

 long, salmon-colored outside, red inside. 



16. STIGMAPHYLLON Juss.; St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 3: 48. 1833. 

 Scandent shrubs ; leaves opposite, entire, dentate, or lobate, petiolate ; flowers 

 large, yellow, in axillary pedunculate umbel-like corymbs, the petals dentate ; 

 fruit of 2 or 3 samaras. 



Leaves copiously pubescent beneath, even in age 1. S. lindenianum. 



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