Monographs Details:
Authority:
Renner, Susanne S. & Hausner, Gerlinde. 2005. Siparunaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 95: 1--247 pp. (Published by NYBG Press)
Renner, Susanne S. & Hausner, Gerlinde. 2005. Siparunaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 95: 1--247 pp. (Published by NYBG Press)
Family:
Monimiaceae
Monimiaceae
Description:
Species Description - Dioecious shrub or treelet, often with the branches hanging over other trees, 3-8(-15) m tall, reaching a dbh of 6.5 cm; young branchlets terete or rarely subquadrangular, with scarce stellate hairs, glabrescent, or glabrous. Leaves opposite; petioles (2.5-)3-5(-9) cm long; lamina drying khaki to brown, thin, smooth, brittle, elliptic or obovate, 20-30 X 12-14.5(-17) cm, the base truncate, cordate, or rarely almost rounded, the apex acuminate, the tip 0.5-1(-1.5) cm long, above with few stellate hairs on the veins, otherwise subglabrous or glabrous, below moderately stellate-pubescent, with 9-13(-15) pairs of secondary veins, the veins smooth above, hardly raised below, the margin finely dentate or crenate. Cymes axillary in extant leaves or on leafless nodes, 2-7 cm long in the males, 1-3 cm long in the females, densely covered with conspicuous golden-brown or grayish stellate hairs, rarely glabrescent, with 15-25 flowers. Fresh flowers greenish yellow, yellow, or orange-red; male floral cup narrowly obconical, 2.5-3(-6) mm in diam., 3.57 mm high, pubescent like the cymes, the tepals 4-6, triangular, 2.5-3 mm long, with a few stellate hairs on the adaxial tepal tips, otherwise glabrous, the floral roof glabrous and centrally raised to a thin-walled tube surrounding the pore; stamens 6-7, the four outer ones exserted at anthesis and with their tips (pollen sacs) bent backwards (Fig. 12A); female floral cup similar to the male cups except sometimes more densely pubescent, the acutely triangular tepals 4-5 mm long, the floral roof conspicuously acute-conical; carpels 9-14, the styles often fused to a long, thin column. Fruiting receptacle globose, 1.5-2 cm in diam., stellate-pubescent and crowned by the persistent tepals, when fresh and mature dull red with white spots and with an astringent odor; drupelets 8-14, each with a stylar aril.
Species Description - Dioecious shrub or treelet, often with the branches hanging over other trees, 3-8(-15) m tall, reaching a dbh of 6.5 cm; young branchlets terete or rarely subquadrangular, with scarce stellate hairs, glabrescent, or glabrous. Leaves opposite; petioles (2.5-)3-5(-9) cm long; lamina drying khaki to brown, thin, smooth, brittle, elliptic or obovate, 20-30 X 12-14.5(-17) cm, the base truncate, cordate, or rarely almost rounded, the apex acuminate, the tip 0.5-1(-1.5) cm long, above with few stellate hairs on the veins, otherwise subglabrous or glabrous, below moderately stellate-pubescent, with 9-13(-15) pairs of secondary veins, the veins smooth above, hardly raised below, the margin finely dentate or crenate. Cymes axillary in extant leaves or on leafless nodes, 2-7 cm long in the males, 1-3 cm long in the females, densely covered with conspicuous golden-brown or grayish stellate hairs, rarely glabrescent, with 15-25 flowers. Fresh flowers greenish yellow, yellow, or orange-red; male floral cup narrowly obconical, 2.5-3(-6) mm in diam., 3.57 mm high, pubescent like the cymes, the tepals 4-6, triangular, 2.5-3 mm long, with a few stellate hairs on the adaxial tepal tips, otherwise glabrous, the floral roof glabrous and centrally raised to a thin-walled tube surrounding the pore; stamens 6-7, the four outer ones exserted at anthesis and with their tips (pollen sacs) bent backwards (Fig. 12A); female floral cup similar to the male cups except sometimes more densely pubescent, the acutely triangular tepals 4-5 mm long, the floral roof conspicuously acute-conical; carpels 9-14, the styles often fused to a long, thin column. Fruiting receptacle globose, 1.5-2 cm in diam., stellate-pubescent and crowned by the persistent tepals, when fresh and mature dull red with white spots and with an astringent odor; drupelets 8-14, each with a stylar aril.
Discussion:
No uses have been recorded.Siparuna conica is characterized by large smooth leaves with usually truncate or cordate leaf bases, ob-conical to oblong male floral cups (Fig. 12A), and acutely conical floral roofs in the female flowers. Morphologically it seems closest to S. aspera; however that species is more pubescent and has larger fruiting receptacles with thickened pedicels. Siparuna conica does not occur above 1800 m elevation, while S. aspera reaches altitudes of up to 3000 m. A few collections from the Awá reserve in Carchi have small pustules on the fruiting receptacles and rather large leaves with rounded bases. Additional flowering material is needed to decide whether these collections represent a separate entity (see also the discussion under S. croatii).In the Flora of the Río Palenque Science Center (Dodson & Gentry, 1978), Siparuna conica is treated and illustrated under the name S. gesnerioides (Kunth in Humb. & Bonpl.) A. DC. However, that species has smaller leaves with a tomentose to velvety indumentum and different flowers (see the discussion under S. gesnerioides).
No uses have been recorded.Siparuna conica is characterized by large smooth leaves with usually truncate or cordate leaf bases, ob-conical to oblong male floral cups (Fig. 12A), and acutely conical floral roofs in the female flowers. Morphologically it seems closest to S. aspera; however that species is more pubescent and has larger fruiting receptacles with thickened pedicels. Siparuna conica does not occur above 1800 m elevation, while S. aspera reaches altitudes of up to 3000 m. A few collections from the Awá reserve in Carchi have small pustules on the fruiting receptacles and rather large leaves with rounded bases. Additional flowering material is needed to decide whether these collections represent a separate entity (see also the discussion under S. croatii).In the Flora of the Río Palenque Science Center (Dodson & Gentry, 1978), Siparuna conica is treated and illustrated under the name S. gesnerioides (Kunth in Humb. & Bonpl.) A. DC. However, that species has smaller leaves with a tomentose to velvety indumentum and different flowers (see the discussion under S. gesnerioides).
Distribution:
Coclé Panamá Central America| Colón Panama Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Panamá Panama Central America| Veraguas Panama Central America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Caldas Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Chocó Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Nariño Colombia South America| Tolima Colombia South America| Valle del Cauca Colombia South America| Carchi Ecuador South America| Esmeraldas Ecuador South America| Los Ríos Ecuador South America| Pichincha Ecuador South America|
Coclé Panamá Central America| Colón Panama Central America| Darién Panamá Central America| Panamá Panama Central America| Veraguas Panama Central America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Caldas Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Chocó Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Nariño Colombia South America| Tolima Colombia South America| Valle del Cauca Colombia South America| Carchi Ecuador South America| Esmeraldas Ecuador South America| Los Ríos Ecuador South America| Pichincha Ecuador South America|
Common Names:
limoncillo, limón de monte, limón de monte, monte limón, rama de hediondo, ne chin buca
limoncillo, limón de monte, limón de monte, monte limón, rama de hediondo, ne chin buca