Filed As:

Lecythidaceae
Grias theobromicarpa Cornejo & S.A.Mori ( type )

All Determinations:

Grias theobromicarpa Cornejo & S.A.Mori det. X. Cornejo, 2009
Note: Basionym

Location:

Ecuador. Pichincha. Sr. Romero private property adjacent to Santa Lucía Reserve, along the trail from Maquipucuna Biological Reserve. Alt. 1505 m. (4938 ft.)

Collector(s):

X. Cornejo 8083 with , 18 Jan 2009

Description:

Unbranched or 2-branched tree, 8 m tall, 9 cm dbh. Flowers and fruits cauline, sessile to subsessile. Calyx green; corolla pearl-white, pinkish-white in bud, the petals erect and adaxially concave until post anthesis, cleistogamous?; stamens 2/3 basally fused. Fruits prominently ribbed when fresh, green and brown variegated, 1-seeded. Leaf blades to ca. 150 x 40 cm, with sunken dots beneath, ca. 46 pairs of lateral nerves. Litter trapper species. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

Secondary wet forest. Sympatric with Panopsis megistosperma (Proteaceae). Infrequent.

Feature Notes:

Sample for DNA studies

Other:

Specimen Notes: Foliage + flower on sheet (NY 1163491) and fruit apart (NY 1163492)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1163491
GUID: f435b405-ff01-40f2-8cbc-547b7a0236e2

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (0.12155, -78.6178)

Distribution:

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