Monographs Details:
Authority:
Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)
Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae
Description:
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor ad 12.0m alta, ramulis juvenilibus glabris haud lenticellatis. Folia alternata petiolata; petiolo 4.0-8.0 mm longo, sparse pubescente mox glabro, canaliculato, rugoso, sub laminis cum glandulis duobus sessilibus munito; laminae obovatae vel oblongo-obovatae, coriaceae, 3.0-11.0 cm longae, 1.7-6.0 cm latae, basi rotundatae vel subcuneatae, apice mucronatae in acuminem 4.0-8.0 mm longum contractae, supra glabrae, subtus cum cavis stomatalis foveolatae, lanato-pubescentes; costa media supra leviter prominente; costis secundariis 9-12 jugis, subtus prominentibus, supra leviter prominentibus. Stipulae lineares, 3.0-4.0 mm longae, membranaceae, subpersistentes. Flores 3.5-4.0 mm longi, haud pedunculati, in paniculis racemosis terminalibus axillaribusque dispositi, rachi ramisque brunneo-tomentosis. Bracteae bracteolaeque ovatae, 1.0-4.0 mm longae, eglandulosae, extus pubescentes. Receptaculum campanulatum, sessile, extus brunneo-tomentosum, intus villoso-tomentosum. Calycis-lobi acuti, utrinque tomentosi. Petala nulla. Stamina io5 in orbem completum disposita; filamenta glabra, ad basim libera, longe exserta. Ovarium ad basim receptaculi insertum, villoso-pubescens. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, calycis-lobos excedens, subtus villosus, supra glaber. Fructus immaturus globosus, extus laevis, glaber.
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor ad 12.0m alta, ramulis juvenilibus glabris haud lenticellatis. Folia alternata petiolata; petiolo 4.0-8.0 mm longo, sparse pubescente mox glabro, canaliculato, rugoso, sub laminis cum glandulis duobus sessilibus munito; laminae obovatae vel oblongo-obovatae, coriaceae, 3.0-11.0 cm longae, 1.7-6.0 cm latae, basi rotundatae vel subcuneatae, apice mucronatae in acuminem 4.0-8.0 mm longum contractae, supra glabrae, subtus cum cavis stomatalis foveolatae, lanato-pubescentes; costa media supra leviter prominente; costis secundariis 9-12 jugis, subtus prominentibus, supra leviter prominentibus. Stipulae lineares, 3.0-4.0 mm longae, membranaceae, subpersistentes. Flores 3.5-4.0 mm longi, haud pedunculati, in paniculis racemosis terminalibus axillaribusque dispositi, rachi ramisque brunneo-tomentosis. Bracteae bracteolaeque ovatae, 1.0-4.0 mm longae, eglandulosae, extus pubescentes. Receptaculum campanulatum, sessile, extus brunneo-tomentosum, intus villoso-tomentosum. Calycis-lobi acuti, utrinque tomentosi. Petala nulla. Stamina io5 in orbem completum disposita; filamenta glabra, ad basim libera, longe exserta. Ovarium ad basim receptaculi insertum, villoso-pubescens. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, calycis-lobos excedens, subtus villosus, supra glaber. Fructus immaturus globosus, extus laevis, glaber.
Discussion:
This species is closest to L. octandra, but differs in the much larger flowers and the mucronate leaf apex. The name, L. foveolata, was suggested by the stomatal cavities of the leaf underside.
This species is closest to L. octandra, but differs in the much larger flowers and the mucronate leaf apex. The name, L. foveolata, was suggested by the stomatal cavities of the leaf underside.
Distribution:
Guyana South America|
Guyana South America|