Monographs Details:
Authority:
Prance, Ghillean T. & Mori, S. A. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma & Cariniana). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-270. (Published by NYBG Press)
Prance, Ghillean T. & Mori, S. A. 1979. Lecythidaceae - Part I. The actinomorphic-flowered New World Lecythidaceae (Asteranthos, Gustavia, Grias, Allantoma & Cariniana). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-270. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Lecythidaceae
Description:
Description - Tree to 12.0 m tall, the young branches glabrescent, not conspicuously lenticellate. Leaves with laminas elliptic, 10.0-14.0 cm long, 5.0-8.2 cm broad, the margins crenulate, tapering to base from about midpoint, acuminate at apex, the acumen 10.0-12.0 mm long, curved, rounded at base, slightly decurrent onto petioles, glabrous beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent and glabrous beneath; primary veins 25-33 pairs, prominulous on both surfaces, 2.0-5.0 mm apart at base, with distinct domatia at junction with midrib and primary veins, the domatia with a few short hairs or glabrous; petioles 12.0-16.0 mm long, slightly winged, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal and subterminal racemose panicles with many branches, pendulous, the rachis and branches sparsely puberulous, not crustaceous, not lenticellate; pedicels ca 0.5 mm long. Calyx 2.5 mm long, turbinate, the lobes triangular, very sparsely puberulous on exterior. Petals obovate ca 6.0 mm long, orangish-red. The androecium ca 2.0 mm in diameter, with ca 40 stamens inserted all over the inner surface. The style very short. Ovary trilocular. Pyxidium not seen.
Description - Tree to 12.0 m tall, the young branches glabrescent, not conspicuously lenticellate. Leaves with laminas elliptic, 10.0-14.0 cm long, 5.0-8.2 cm broad, the margins crenulate, tapering to base from about midpoint, acuminate at apex, the acumen 10.0-12.0 mm long, curved, rounded at base, slightly decurrent onto petioles, glabrous beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent and glabrous beneath; primary veins 25-33 pairs, prominulous on both surfaces, 2.0-5.0 mm apart at base, with distinct domatia at junction with midrib and primary veins, the domatia with a few short hairs or glabrous; petioles 12.0-16.0 mm long, slightly winged, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal and subterminal racemose panicles with many branches, pendulous, the rachis and branches sparsely puberulous, not crustaceous, not lenticellate; pedicels ca 0.5 mm long. Calyx 2.5 mm long, turbinate, the lobes triangular, very sparsely puberulous on exterior. Petals obovate ca 6.0 mm long, orangish-red. The androecium ca 2.0 mm in diameter, with ca 40 stamens inserted all over the inner surface. The style very short. Ovary trilocular. Pyxidium not seen.
Discussion:
Cariniana penduliflora is very close to C. rubra and C. domestica, having the leaf domatia characteristic of those species. In some respects C. penduliflora is intermediate between C. rubra and C. domestica as it has large leaves similar to those of C. rubra but which are the shape of the leaves of C. domestica. Cariniana penduliflora differs from both of the above species in the longer petioles and in the pendulous inflorescence which is much branched.
Cariniana penduliflora is very close to C. rubra and C. domestica, having the leaf domatia characteristic of those species. In some respects C. penduliflora is intermediate between C. rubra and C. domestica as it has large leaves similar to those of C. rubra but which are the shape of the leaves of C. domestica. Cariniana penduliflora differs from both of the above species in the longer petioles and in the pendulous inflorescence which is much branched.
Distribution:
Rondônia Brazil South America| Brazil South America|
Rondônia Brazil South America| Brazil South America|