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 - Large tree, the young branches glabrescent. Leaves with laminas ovate-elliptic, 5.5-9.0 cm long, 2.3-5.0 cm broad, the margins crenate, acuminate at apex, the acumen 1.0-1.5 cm long, straight, cuneate at base, slightly unequal, not decurrent onto petiole; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, glabrous; primary veins 12-15 pairs, without domatia at junction with midrib, prominent on both surfaces, anastomosing near margins, 3.0-8.0 mm apart at base; petioles 12.0-17.0 mm long, not winged, terete. Inflorescences terminal racemes, 3.0-6.0 cm long, the rachis glabrous; pedicels ca 1.0 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 3.0-4.0 mm long, the lobes broadly triangular, glabrous. Petals obovate, 10.0-15.0 mm long, yellowish-white. The androecium ca 4.0 mm in basal diameter, with numerous, ca 150, stamens on short filaments inserted throughout the inner surface. Style short. Ovary trilocular. Pyxidium not seen.
Description - Large tree, the young branches glabrescent. Leaves with laminas ovate-elliptic, 5.5-9.0 cm long, 2.3-5.0 cm broad, the margins crenate, acuminate at apex, the acumen 1.0-1.5 cm long, straight, cuneate at base, slightly unequal, not decurrent onto petiole; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, glabrous; primary veins 12-15 pairs, without domatia at junction with midrib, prominent on both surfaces, anastomosing near margins, 3.0-8.0 mm apart at base; petioles 12.0-17.0 mm long, not winged, terete. Inflorescences terminal racemes, 3.0-6.0 cm long, the rachis glabrous; pedicels ca 1.0 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 3.0-4.0 mm long, the lobes broadly triangular, glabrous. Petals obovate, 10.0-15.0 mm long, yellowish-white. The androecium ca 4.0 mm in basal diameter, with numerous, ca 150, stamens on short filaments inserted throughout the inner surface. Style short. Ovary trilocular. Pyxidium not seen.
Discussion:
Cariniana ianeirensis is apparently distinct. It differs from C. estrellensis and C. legalis, the other species of the genus found around Rio de Janeiro, in the much larger flowers and the longer unwinged petioles. It also differs from C.estrellensis in the terminal inflorescences and the short pedicels, and from C. legalis in the crenate leaf margins, the longer acumen and the straight not folded leaf bases.The Warming collection cited above is marked as collected by Warming but may possibly be a duplicate of the type. The sterile collection Glaziou 6163, referred to C. estrellensis by Knuth, probably belongs to C. ianeirensis.
Cariniana ianeirensis is apparently distinct. It differs from C. estrellensis and C. legalis, the other species of the genus found around Rio de Janeiro, in the much larger flowers and the longer unwinged petioles. It also differs from C.estrellensis in the terminal inflorescences and the short pedicels, and from C. legalis in the crenate leaf margins, the longer acumen and the straight not folded leaf bases.The Warming collection cited above is marked as collected by Warming but may possibly be a duplicate of the type. The sterile collection Glaziou 6163, referred to C. estrellensis by Knuth, probably belongs to C. ianeirensis.
Distribution:
Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America|
Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America|