Monographs Details:
Authority:
Mori, S. A. & Prance, Ghillean T. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II: The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). With a study of secondary xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae by Carl de Zeeuw. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-376. (Published by NYBG Press)
Mori, S. A. & Prance, Ghillean T. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II: The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). With a study of secondary xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae by Carl de Zeeuw. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-376. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Lecythidaceae
Lecythidaceae
Synonyms:
Lecythis compressa Vell., Couratari glabra Cambess., Lecythis glabra (Cambess.) O.Berg, Lecythopsis glabra (Cambess.) O.Berg, Eschweilera angustifolia Mart., Lecythis angustifolia (Mart.) Endl. ex O.Berg, Chytroma incarcerata Miers, Eschweilera guanabarica Miers
Lecythis compressa Vell., Couratari glabra Cambess., Lecythis glabra (Cambess.) O.Berg, Lecythopsis glabra (Cambess.) O.Berg, Eschweilera angustifolia Mart., Lecythis angustifolia (Mart.) Endl. ex O.Berg, Chytroma incarcerata Miers, Eschweilera guanabarica Miers
Description:
Description - Small trees, to 10 m tall. Leaf blades elliptic, 7-10 x 2.5-4 cm, glabrous, chartaceous, with 912 pairs of lateral veins; apex acuminate; base acute to infrequently obtuse; margins serrate to serrulate, often crisped in herbarium material; petiole 4-8 mm long, very narrowly winged. Inflorescences terminal or in axils of uppermost leaves, racemose, the rachis 0.5-2.5 cm long, with 2-5 flowers, the pedicels 3-6 mm long. Flowers ca. 2.5 cm diam.; calyx with five or six lobes, the lobes triangular, unequal, fused at bases, 1.5-2.5 x 3.5 mm, glabrous; petals four, the posterior one cucullate, conforming to androecium in bud, the remaining three very widely obovate, 10-18 x 12-15 mm, white or yellow; hood of androecium 14-17 x 12 mm, not forming complete coil, the appendages fleshy, angular, bearing vestigial anthers; staminal ring with 170-190 stamens, the filaments 1-1.5 mm long, clavate, the anthers 0.5 mm long; hypanthium cuneate; ovary 2-locular, with 4-6 basally attached ovules, the style poorly differentiated, ca. 1 mm long, the summit umbonate. Fruits depressed globose, 4.56 cm; operculum markedly umbonate in young fruit, less so in older fruit. Seeds 8-10 per fruit, 2.5 x 1.5-2 cm.
Description - Small trees, to 10 m tall. Leaf blades elliptic, 7-10 x 2.5-4 cm, glabrous, chartaceous, with 912 pairs of lateral veins; apex acuminate; base acute to infrequently obtuse; margins serrate to serrulate, often crisped in herbarium material; petiole 4-8 mm long, very narrowly winged. Inflorescences terminal or in axils of uppermost leaves, racemose, the rachis 0.5-2.5 cm long, with 2-5 flowers, the pedicels 3-6 mm long. Flowers ca. 2.5 cm diam.; calyx with five or six lobes, the lobes triangular, unequal, fused at bases, 1.5-2.5 x 3.5 mm, glabrous; petals four, the posterior one cucullate, conforming to androecium in bud, the remaining three very widely obovate, 10-18 x 12-15 mm, white or yellow; hood of androecium 14-17 x 12 mm, not forming complete coil, the appendages fleshy, angular, bearing vestigial anthers; staminal ring with 170-190 stamens, the filaments 1-1.5 mm long, clavate, the anthers 0.5 mm long; hypanthium cuneate; ovary 2-locular, with 4-6 basally attached ovules, the style poorly differentiated, ca. 1 mm long, the summit umbonate. Fruits depressed globose, 4.56 cm; operculum markedly umbonate in young fruit, less so in older fruit. Seeds 8-10 per fruit, 2.5 x 1.5-2 cm.
Discussion:
This species is easily recognized by its unique calyx which is fused at the base into a rim 1 mm high, four petals, androecial hood without a full coil, and vestigial hood anthers.
This species is easily recognized by its unique calyx which is fused at the base into a rim 1 mm high, four petals, androecial hood without a full coil, and vestigial hood anthers.
Distribution:
Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America|
Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America|
Common Names:
ibiribá-rana fide, Sapucaia miuda
ibiribá-rana fide, Sapucaia miuda