Monographs Details:
Authority:
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1964. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part V. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-278.
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1964. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part V. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-278.
Family:
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae
Description:
Latin Diagnosis - Sect. Anaphysca. T. erioneurae (Cogn.) Wurdack affinis sed foliorum laminis latioribus subtus pilis glanduliferis intermixtis. Arbor 4-12 m; rami obtuse sulcato-quadrangulati demum teretes inflorescentiaque primum sparsissime laxo-setulosi mox glabrati ad nodos caduce pinoideo-furfuracei. Folia in dimensionibus vix disparilia; petioli 6-17 cm longi supra modice brevi-setosi pilis laxis; lamina 15-35 X 9-20 cm oblongo-elliptica vel ovato-elliptica basi late obtusa vel rotundata crasse membranacea, subtus in venis venulisque modice vel dense et in superficie sparse longo-setulosa vel brevisetosa pilis tenuibus sublaxis p. p. glanduliferis glandula oblonga nigra, breviter 5-7-plinervata nervis duobus interioribus 3-15 mm supra basim insertis, ad margines inconspicue crenulato-serrulata et modice ciliolata. Panicula 10-15 cm longa anguste oblonga ramis inferioribus ca. 1.5 cm longis paucifloris ad nodos bracteatis bracteis bracteolisque 1.5-2 mm longis setiformibus vel lanceolatis glanduloso-setif eris subpersistentibus; pedicelli crassi 0-5 mm longi, bracteolis ad hypanthii basim insertis; flores 5-meri. Hypanthium 7 mm longum glabrum; calycis tubus 1 mm altus extus sparsissime glanduloso-setulosus, lobis interioribus 0.5 mm altis obverse ellipticis glabris extus planis vel ad basim minutissime unituberculatis. Petala 7.5-9 X 6.5-7 mm asymmetrice obovata apice emarginata densiuscule granuloso-pruinosa. Stamina isomorphica glabra; filamenta 7-7.5 mm longa; antherae 6.5-7 mm longae apice ventraliter incurvatae poro ventraliter inclinato. Stylus 10 X 1 mm apicem versus ad 1.5 mm clavatus glaber; stigma 1.5 mm diam.; ovarium 3-loculare 1/4-inf erum apice truncatum glabrum.
Latin Diagnosis - Sect. Anaphysca. T. erioneurae (Cogn.) Wurdack affinis sed foliorum laminis latioribus subtus pilis glanduliferis intermixtis. Arbor 4-12 m; rami obtuse sulcato-quadrangulati demum teretes inflorescentiaque primum sparsissime laxo-setulosi mox glabrati ad nodos caduce pinoideo-furfuracei. Folia in dimensionibus vix disparilia; petioli 6-17 cm longi supra modice brevi-setosi pilis laxis; lamina 15-35 X 9-20 cm oblongo-elliptica vel ovato-elliptica basi late obtusa vel rotundata crasse membranacea, subtus in venis venulisque modice vel dense et in superficie sparse longo-setulosa vel brevisetosa pilis tenuibus sublaxis p. p. glanduliferis glandula oblonga nigra, breviter 5-7-plinervata nervis duobus interioribus 3-15 mm supra basim insertis, ad margines inconspicue crenulato-serrulata et modice ciliolata. Panicula 10-15 cm longa anguste oblonga ramis inferioribus ca. 1.5 cm longis paucifloris ad nodos bracteatis bracteis bracteolisque 1.5-2 mm longis setiformibus vel lanceolatis glanduloso-setif eris subpersistentibus; pedicelli crassi 0-5 mm longi, bracteolis ad hypanthii basim insertis; flores 5-meri. Hypanthium 7 mm longum glabrum; calycis tubus 1 mm altus extus sparsissime glanduloso-setulosus, lobis interioribus 0.5 mm altis obverse ellipticis glabris extus planis vel ad basim minutissime unituberculatis. Petala 7.5-9 X 6.5-7 mm asymmetrice obovata apice emarginata densiuscule granuloso-pruinosa. Stamina isomorphica glabra; filamenta 7-7.5 mm longa; antherae 6.5-7 mm longae apice ventraliter incurvatae poro ventraliter inclinato. Stylus 10 X 1 mm apicem versus ad 1.5 mm clavatus glaber; stigma 1.5 mm diam.; ovarium 3-loculare 1/4-inf erum apice truncatum glabrum.