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
Synonyms:
Parinarium gardneri Hook.f., Ferolia gardneri (Hook.f.) Kuntze
Parinarium gardneri Hook.f., Ferolia gardneri (Hook.f.) Kuntze
Description:
Description - Shrub to 1.5 m tall. Leaves oblong-ovate, 3.5-6.5 cm long, 2.0-3.0 cm broad, cuneate to rounded at base, short-acuminate at apex, with acumen 3.0-5.0 mm long, glabrous above, glabrous or with sparse caducous pubescence beneath; midrib prominent on both surfaces; primary veins 6-8 pairs, prominulous on both surfaces; petioles 2.0-3.0 mm long, shallowly canaliculate, silvery gray-lanate. Stipules to 1.0 mm long, caducous. Inflorescences terminal panicles, the rachis and branches gray-puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles o.5-2.0 mm long. Receptacle subcampanulate swollen slightly at one side, silvery gray-puberulous to glabrescent on exterior Calyx lobes 5, pointed. Petals 5. Stamens 7, with short filamentous staminodes opposite them. Ovary and base of style pilose. Fruit unknown.
Description - Shrub to 1.5 m tall. Leaves oblong-ovate, 3.5-6.5 cm long, 2.0-3.0 cm broad, cuneate to rounded at base, short-acuminate at apex, with acumen 3.0-5.0 mm long, glabrous above, glabrous or with sparse caducous pubescence beneath; midrib prominent on both surfaces; primary veins 6-8 pairs, prominulous on both surfaces; petioles 2.0-3.0 mm long, shallowly canaliculate, silvery gray-lanate. Stipules to 1.0 mm long, caducous. Inflorescences terminal panicles, the rachis and branches gray-puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles o.5-2.0 mm long. Receptacle subcampanulate swollen slightly at one side, silvery gray-puberulous to glabrescent on exterior Calyx lobes 5, pointed. Petals 5. Stamens 7, with short filamentous staminodes opposite them. Ovary and base of style pilose. Fruit unknown.
Distribution:
Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America|
Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America|