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 magna, ramulis juvenilibus glabris lenticellatis. Folia alternata petiolata; petiolo 3.0-8.0 mm longo, eglanduloso, glabro, tereti; laminae oblongo-ellipticae, 6.0-15.5 cm longae, 2.5-7.5 cm latae, basi subcuneatae, apice acutae vel bireviter acuminatae, utrinque glabrae; costa media supra leviter prominente, glabra; costis secundariis 7-9 jugis, supra planis, subtus leviter prominentibus. Stipulae ovatae, foliaceae, glabrae, 5.0-17.0 mm longae, 3.0-11.0 mm latae, coriaceae, subpersis-tentes, axillares. Flores circa 1.0 mm longi, haud pedunculati, in paniculis terminalr-bus axillaribusque dispositi, rachi ramisque glabrae. Bracteae bracteolaeque minutae, glabrae, persistentes. Receptaculum sessile, campanulatum, extus glabrum, intus tomentosum. Calycis-lobi acuti, extus glabri. Petala 5, pubescentia, margine ciliata. Stamina 3, unilateralia, connata, calycis-lobos aequantia. Ovarium ad basim recepta-culi insertum, glabrescente vel sparse tomentosum. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, calycis-lobis brevior, tomentosum. Drupa oblonga, 2.0-3.0 cm longa, extus laevis, glabra; mesocarpio tenue, carnoso; endocarpio tenue, duro, lignoso, fibroso, intus glabro.
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor magna, ramulis juvenilibus glabris lenticellatis. Folia alternata petiolata; petiolo 3.0-8.0 mm longo, eglanduloso, glabro, tereti; laminae oblongo-ellipticae, 6.0-15.5 cm longae, 2.5-7.5 cm latae, basi subcuneatae, apice acutae vel bireviter acuminatae, utrinque glabrae; costa media supra leviter prominente, glabra; costis secundariis 7-9 jugis, supra planis, subtus leviter prominentibus. Stipulae ovatae, foliaceae, glabrae, 5.0-17.0 mm longae, 3.0-11.0 mm latae, coriaceae, subpersis-tentes, axillares. Flores circa 1.0 mm longi, haud pedunculati, in paniculis terminalr-bus axillaribusque dispositi, rachi ramisque glabrae. Bracteae bracteolaeque minutae, glabrae, persistentes. Receptaculum sessile, campanulatum, extus glabrum, intus tomentosum. Calycis-lobi acuti, extus glabri. Petala 5, pubescentia, margine ciliata. Stamina 3, unilateralia, connata, calycis-lobos aequantia. Ovarium ad basim recepta-culi insertum, glabrescente vel sparse tomentosum. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, calycis-lobis brevior, tomentosum. Drupa oblonga, 2.0-3.0 cm longa, extus laevis, glabra; mesocarpio tenue, carnoso; endocarpio tenue, duro, lignoso, fibroso, intus glabro.
Discussion:
Licania latistipula is easily distinguished from other species of Licania by the large broad foliaceous stipules. It is most closely related to L. divaricata but, in addition to the stipules, it differs in part by the glabrous inflorescence, the less prominent primary veins, the smaller flowers, and the fewer stamens with united filaments. It differs from L. glabrifolia partly in the glabrous inflorescence, the larger leaves with blunt apices, the eglandular glabrous petioles, and the fewer stamens with united filaments. It differs from L. caudata in the blunt leaf apices, the terete stipules, the smaller flowers, the fewer stamens, and the almost glabrous ovary.
Licania latistipula is easily distinguished from other species of Licania by the large broad foliaceous stipules. It is most closely related to L. divaricata but, in addition to the stipules, it differs in part by the glabrous inflorescence, the less prominent primary veins, the smaller flowers, and the fewer stamens with united filaments. It differs from L. glabrifolia partly in the glabrous inflorescence, the larger leaves with blunt apices, the eglandular glabrous petioles, and the fewer stamens with united filaments. It differs from L. caudata in the blunt leaf apices, the terete stipules, the smaller flowers, the fewer stamens, and the almost glabrous ovary.
Distribution:
Venezuela South America| Delta Amacuro Venezuela South America|
Venezuela South America| Delta Amacuro Venezuela South America|
Common Names:
Pilòn Nazareno
Pilòn Nazareno