Monographs Details:
Authority:
Kubitzki, K. & Renner, Susanne S. 1982. Lauraceae I (Aniba and Aiouea). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 31: 1-125. (Published by NYBG Press)
Kubitzki, K. & Renner, Susanne S. 1982. Lauraceae I (Aniba and Aiouea). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 31: 1-125. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Lauraceae
Lauraceae
Synonyms:
Aydendron firmulum Nees & Mart., Aydendron sellowii Meisn., Aniba laevigata (Meisn.) Mez, Aydendron laevigatum Meisn., Aniba gardneri Mez, Aydendron gardneri Meisn., Aniba albida Mez, Aniba viridis Mez
Aydendron firmulum Nees & Mart., Aydendron sellowii Meisn., Aniba laevigata (Meisn.) Mez, Aydendron laevigatum Meisn., Aniba gardneri Mez, Aydendron gardneri Meisn., Aniba albida Mez, Aniba viridis Mez
Description:
Species Description - Tree about 10 m; all parts fragrant; wood whitish; young branchlets sulcate, densely and minutely tomentellous, ca. 2 mm thick; terminal bud ca. 5 mm long, tomentellous; branches glabrescent, grey. Leaves evenly distributed along branchlets, blade chartaceous or (sub-)coriaceous, (obovate-lanceolate, or (obovate-elliptic, 6-23 x 1.5-6 cm, base cuneate or angustate, apex obtuse or acute and acuminate (acumen to 1.5 cm long); glabrous, shiny midrib, nerves and reticulate venation clearly visible above, yellowish micro-papillose, minutely pilose and, midrib excepted, glabrescent beneath, midrib and nerves prominent beneath, nerves 7-10 pairs, ascendent and arcuately united near margin, margin flat or subrevolute; petioles canaliculate, 0.6-1.5 cm long. Panicles axillary, minutely tomentellous, 4-10 mm long, many-flowered. Flowers densely tomentellous, 2-2.5 x 1.5 mm, ovary hardly distinct, gradually merging into pedicel, pedicel 0.5-1(-3) mm long, tube inside villous; tepals erect, subequal, (1-)1.3(-1.5) mm long, obtuse, inside at base laxly strigillose, outer ones ovate, ciliate at margin, inner ones spathulate, fimbriate at margin; stamens included, 1.3 mm long, those of ser. I and II with glabrous, triangular, depressed anthers and broad, pilose filaments, those of ser. III with glabrous anthers and pilose, biglandulate filaments; staminodes absent; pistil pubescent, 1.8 mm long; style rather thick; stigma minute, oblique. Berry ovate, to 2.8 x 1.6 cm; cupule subhemispherical, or campanulate, to 1.2 x 2 cm, beset with bright spots.
Species Description - Tree about 10 m; all parts fragrant; wood whitish; young branchlets sulcate, densely and minutely tomentellous, ca. 2 mm thick; terminal bud ca. 5 mm long, tomentellous; branches glabrescent, grey. Leaves evenly distributed along branchlets, blade chartaceous or (sub-)coriaceous, (obovate-lanceolate, or (obovate-elliptic, 6-23 x 1.5-6 cm, base cuneate or angustate, apex obtuse or acute and acuminate (acumen to 1.5 cm long); glabrous, shiny midrib, nerves and reticulate venation clearly visible above, yellowish micro-papillose, minutely pilose and, midrib excepted, glabrescent beneath, midrib and nerves prominent beneath, nerves 7-10 pairs, ascendent and arcuately united near margin, margin flat or subrevolute; petioles canaliculate, 0.6-1.5 cm long. Panicles axillary, minutely tomentellous, 4-10 mm long, many-flowered. Flowers densely tomentellous, 2-2.5 x 1.5 mm, ovary hardly distinct, gradually merging into pedicel, pedicel 0.5-1(-3) mm long, tube inside villous; tepals erect, subequal, (1-)1.3(-1.5) mm long, obtuse, inside at base laxly strigillose, outer ones ovate, ciliate at margin, inner ones spathulate, fimbriate at margin; stamens included, 1.3 mm long, those of ser. I and II with glabrous, triangular, depressed anthers and broad, pilose filaments, those of ser. III with glabrous anthers and pilose, biglandulate filaments; staminodes absent; pistil pubescent, 1.8 mm long; style rather thick; stigma minute, oblique. Berry ovate, to 2.8 x 1.6 cm; cupule subhemispherical, or campanulate, to 1.2 x 2 cm, beset with bright spots.
Discussion:
Aniba viridis was reduced into the synonymy of A. riparia (Nees) Mez by Kostermans (1938b, p. 906). In fact, the type of A. viridis is a flowering branch with young leaves on which the papillate epidermis is poorly developed.
Aniba viridis was reduced into the synonymy of A. riparia (Nees) Mez by Kostermans (1938b, p. 906). In fact, the type of A. viridis is a flowering branch with young leaves on which the papillate epidermis is poorly developed.
Distribution:
Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America| São Paulo Brazil South America| Paraná Brazil South America| Santa Catarina Brazil South America|
Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| Rio de Janeiro Brazil South America| São Paulo Brazil South America| Paraná Brazil South America| Santa Catarina Brazil South America|