Taxon Details: Cariniana Casar.
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Family:
Lecythidaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Lecythidaceae (Magnoliophyta)
Scientific Name:
Cariniana Casar.
Cariniana Casar.
Primary Citation:
Nov. Stirp. Bras. 4: 36-37. 1842
Nov. Stirp. Bras. 4: 36-37. 1842
Accepted Name:
This name is currently accepted.
This name is currently accepted.
Description:
Description: Canopy to emergent trees. Leaves scattered along branches, small to medium-sized (3-16 cm long), glabrous to puberulous; domatia present in secondary vein axils of most species; secondary venation reticulate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, racemose or once-branched paniculate arrangements of racemes, growth of rachises determinate. Flowers present with leaves, zygomorphic; sepals 6; petals 6; flat at apices; androecium forming short, membranous tube, prolonged on one side into ligule but hood not developed, the stamens scattered over inner surface of tube, not reflexed, the anthers laterally dehiscent; ovary 3-locular, ovules ca. 6 per locule, attached in middle of locule (this needs to be confirmed), the style without stylar collar. Fruit dehiscent, remaining on tree at maturity, cylindric, pericarp relatively thick. Seeds unilaterally winged, numerous, not flattened, not embedded in pulp, the testa glabrous; cotyledons leaf-like, opposite.
Distribution: In NW South America W and N of the Andes (Colombia and Venezuela), central and western Amazonia, central Brazil, and the Brazilian coastal forest.
Ecology: Trees of terra firme forest and cerrado.
Number of species: There are nine described species.
Taxonomic notes: The actinomorphic-flowered species of the formerly circumscribed Cariniana have been transferred to Allantoma (Huang et al., 2007).
Etymology: The generic name honors Prince Eugene de Savioe-Carignan who was the patron of Casaretto's expedition to Brazil (1839-1840)
Description: Canopy to emergent trees. Leaves scattered along branches, small to medium-sized (3-16 cm long), glabrous to puberulous; domatia present in secondary vein axils of most species; secondary venation reticulate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, racemose or once-branched paniculate arrangements of racemes, growth of rachises determinate. Flowers present with leaves, zygomorphic; sepals 6; petals 6; flat at apices; androecium forming short, membranous tube, prolonged on one side into ligule but hood not developed, the stamens scattered over inner surface of tube, not reflexed, the anthers laterally dehiscent; ovary 3-locular, ovules ca. 6 per locule, attached in middle of locule (this needs to be confirmed), the style without stylar collar. Fruit dehiscent, remaining on tree at maturity, cylindric, pericarp relatively thick. Seeds unilaterally winged, numerous, not flattened, not embedded in pulp, the testa glabrous; cotyledons leaf-like, opposite.
Distribution: In NW South America W and N of the Andes (Colombia and Venezuela), central and western Amazonia, central Brazil, and the Brazilian coastal forest.
Ecology: Trees of terra firme forest and cerrado.
Number of species: There are nine described species.
Taxonomic notes: The actinomorphic-flowered species of the formerly circumscribed Cariniana have been transferred to Allantoma (Huang et al., 2007).
Etymology: The generic name honors Prince Eugene de Savioe-Carignan who was the patron of Casaretto's expedition to Brazil (1839-1840)
Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):
Cariniana Casar.: [Article] Mori, S. A. & Lepsch da Cunha, Nadia M. 1995. The Lecythidaceae of a central Amazonian moist forest. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 75: 1-55.
Cariniana Casar.: [Article] 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.
Cariniana Casar.: [Article] Mori, S. A. & Lepsch da Cunha, Nadia M. 1995. The Lecythidaceae of a central Amazonian moist forest. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 75: 1-55.
Cariniana Casar.: [Article] 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.