Simarouba glauca A.P. de Candolle var. latifolia Cronquist. Common name: Paradise Tree, Bitterwood. Phenology: Feb-May. Habitat: Hammocks. Distribution: FL peninsula; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica); Central America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Var. glauca is apparently more restricted in distribution (mainly in Cuba) than var. latifolia. Var. glauca has leaflets mostly > 3× as long as wide, while var. latifolia has leaflets mostly < 3× as long as wide.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, WI, Cronquist (1944b); < Quassia simarouba L.f.; < Simarouba glauca DC. — Bah, Fl4, FNA13, S, WH3; < Simaruba glauca DC. — S13, orthographic variant. Basionym: Simarouba glauca DC. var. latifolia Cronquist 1944
Links to other floras: < Simarouba glauca - FNA13
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Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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