Stenandrium pinetorum (Britton & P. Wilson) Alain

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10. Stenandrium pinetorum (Britton & P. Wilson) Alain [Liogier], Rev. Soc. Cub. Bot. 13:9. 1956. Gerardia pinetorum Britton & P. Wilson, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 43:466. 1916. TYPE.— CUBA. Isla de la Juventud [“Isla de Pinos ”]: Along Los Indios River above Los Indios, 21 May 1910, Jennings 456 (holotype: NY). Figure 4B.

DISCUSSION.— Stenandrium pinetorum is endemic to Cuba. The holotype of Gerardia pinetorum was annotated by Emery C. Leonard as S. tuberosum in 1931. León and Alain (1957) characterized ★ pinetorum as having entire to occasionally repand leaves with obtuse to cuneate bases, acuminate bracts 4–5 mm, ciliolate calyx lobes, and pink corollas.

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FIGURE 4. A. Lectotype of Stenandrium tuberosum from Burman (1756). B. Illustration of Stenandrium pinetorum from Jennings (1917). C. Isotype of Stenandrium droseroides, de la Sagra s.n. [000250674]. D. Stenandrium (likely S. tuberosum), part of tab. 12 with description from page 30 of Plumier (1703, as “Gerardia”); a. flower, b. corolla separated from c. calyx, d. capsule, e. septum, f. seed. E. Holotype of Stenandrium bracteosum, Wilson 7472 [00114975], courtesy of the C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden. F. Lectotype of Stenandrium ovatum, Ekman 10701 [05-310]. G. Lectotype of Stenandrium crenatum, Ekman 8700 [05-307].