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
Synonyms:
Cariniana integrifolia var. ovatifolia Ducke ex R.Knuth
Cariniana integrifolia var. ovatifolia Ducke ex R.Knuth
Description:
Description - Tree to 30.0 m tall, the young branches glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves with laminas obovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 7.0-11.5 cm long, 4.0-7.5 cm broad, the margins entire, rounded to short-obtuse-acuminate at apex, the acumen 0-4.0 mm long, subcuneate to cuneate at base, slightly decurrent onto petiole, glabrous beneath; midrib prominulous above, glabrous, prominent and flattened beneath; primary veins 7-9 pairs, without domatia at junction with midrib, prominulous beneath, 6.0-12.0 mm apart at base; petiole 10.0-15.0 mm long, slightly winged, canaliculate, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal and subterminal panicles to 9.0 cm long, the rachis and branches glabrous, not crustaceous; pedicels ca 1.5 mm long. Calyx ca 3.0 mm long, turbinate, the lobes triangular, small, thin, glabrous on exterior. Petals obovate, 6.0-7.0 mm long, white. The androecium ca 2.0 mm in diameter at base, with ca 11 stamens with reflexed filaments which arise from the top of the androecium only. Style very short. Ovary trilocular with ca 10 ovules in each loculus. Pyxidium 11.0 cm long, 3.5 cm broad, the calycine ring ca 5.0 mm below apex, the pericarp thin and without teeth at line of opercular dehiscence; operculum ca 2.5 cm diameter at apex, to 9.0 cm long, the columella triangular; seed wings ca 5.0 cm long, 2.0 cm broad, the seed more or less pyriform, to 2.0 cm long, 1.0 cm broad.
Description - Tree to 30.0 m tall, the young branches glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves with laminas obovate-elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 7.0-11.5 cm long, 4.0-7.5 cm broad, the margins entire, rounded to short-obtuse-acuminate at apex, the acumen 0-4.0 mm long, subcuneate to cuneate at base, slightly decurrent onto petiole, glabrous beneath; midrib prominulous above, glabrous, prominent and flattened beneath; primary veins 7-9 pairs, without domatia at junction with midrib, prominulous beneath, 6.0-12.0 mm apart at base; petiole 10.0-15.0 mm long, slightly winged, canaliculate, glabrous. Inflorescences terminal and subterminal panicles to 9.0 cm long, the rachis and branches glabrous, not crustaceous; pedicels ca 1.5 mm long. Calyx ca 3.0 mm long, turbinate, the lobes triangular, small, thin, glabrous on exterior. Petals obovate, 6.0-7.0 mm long, white. The androecium ca 2.0 mm in diameter at base, with ca 11 stamens with reflexed filaments which arise from the top of the androecium only. Style very short. Ovary trilocular with ca 10 ovules in each loculus. Pyxidium 11.0 cm long, 3.5 cm broad, the calycine ring ca 5.0 mm below apex, the pericarp thin and without teeth at line of opercular dehiscence; operculum ca 2.5 cm diameter at apex, to 9.0 cm long, the columella triangular; seed wings ca 5.0 cm long, 2.0 cm broad, the seed more or less pyriform, to 2.0 cm long, 1.0 cm broad.
Discussion:
Cariniana integrifolia belongs to the C. uaupensis species complex and is most closely related to C. decandra from which it differs in the blunt or very shortly acute leaf apex and the thicker coriaceous leaves.Knuth (1939b) described the variety ovatifolia which Ducke mentioned in the original description of the species but never proposed formally. This variety falls well within the leaf variation of this species and cannot be maintained.
Cariniana integrifolia belongs to the C. uaupensis species complex and is most closely related to C. decandra from which it differs in the blunt or very shortly acute leaf apex and the thicker coriaceous leaves.Knuth (1939b) described the variety ovatifolia which Ducke mentioned in the original description of the species but never proposed formally. This variety falls well within the leaf variation of this species and cannot be maintained.
Distribution:
Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America|
Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America|
Common Names:
Cerú, Churú, Tauarí
Cerú, Churú, Tauarí