Casearia sylvestris var. lingua (Cambess.) Eichler

  • Authority

    Sleumer, Hermann O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22: 1-499. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Salicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Casearia sylvestris var. lingua (Cambess.) Eichler

  • Type

    Type. St.-Hilaire B 1, nr. 1796/4, Brazil, Minas Gerais, près Contendas, fl (holotype, P, phot F 34895, fragm F).

  • Synonyms

    Casearia sylvestris subvar. campestris Eichler, Casearia lingua Cambess., Casearia carpinifolia Benth., Casearia sylvestris var. lingua (Cambess.) Eichler, Casearia sylvestris var. carpinifolia (Benth.) Briq., Casearia inaequilatera Cambess.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Mainly in the E and SE part of the area of distribution of Casearia sylvestris s lat; in woods or bushy, maybe burned savanna, dry places, not rare in campos (cerrados, carrascales) in the Llanos of Colombia and Venezuela or of the Brazilian Altiplano, generally at low elevations, on poor soil, also bauxite.

  • Discussion

    Differs from var sylvestris by the more markedly and often discolorous reticulation of the leaves, which are generally ovate-acuminate and slenderly, often deflexedly petiolate. Inflorescence more or less densely pubescent as in var sylvestris. Connected with var sylvestris by intermediates.

  • Distribution

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