| Guatemala |
| El Progreso |
| Euphorbiaceae |
| Cnidoscolus megacanthoides Breckon |
| Motagua Valley,3.3 km S-SW by road of Rio Grande over Motagua Bridge, 5 km S-SW of |
| turn-off to El Progreso on hwy CA9 to Guatemala. Deciduous Dry Thorn Forest |
| w/Cephalocereus maxonii, Bursera simaruba, Cnidoscolus megacanthoides and Plumeria |
| rubra. Small trees 3-5 m tall, lvs. to 6-7 dm wide, trunks to 4 dm in diam. at base; bark grey, |
| older bark with broad, shallow fissures, not peeling; new twigs thick, pith solid, stinging |
| hairs on low mounds at first, these forming small, stimulose tipped thorns that persist onto |
| the trunk, the stinging hair proper only lasting 3-4 years; latex white, very sticky; female |
| flowers greenishh-white externally, slender-cylindric in bud, lobes white, spreading, flowers |
| readily falling when touched; male flowers with connate perianth, lobes separating further |
| after anthesis, fading to brown before falling. Fruits rostrate when immature. Plants |
| common in disturbed sites, less abundant and scattered in more closed vegetation; |
| seedlings not present, young plants 1-2 years old abundant. |
| Latitude: 14° 51' 0" N; Longitude: 90° 6' 30" W; Elevation: 550 m |
| Gary J & Mary E. Breckon | 2110 | l0 July l976 |
| Type status: Holotype | Accession: 84227 |
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| Cnidoscolus magacanthoides Breckon |
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