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Family:

Lecythidaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Primary Citation:

Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21(2): 183. 1990

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Type Specimens:

Specimen 1: Holotype -- S. A. Mori

Description:

Author: Scott A. Mori

Type: PANAMA. Panama: Vicinity of Altos de Pacora, 15-20 km ENE of Cerro Azul, ca. 800 m. alt., 30 Jun 1975 (buds, fr), Mori et al. 6905 (holotype, NY; isotypes, COL, F, K, MO, PMA, US).

Description: Canopy trees. Bark brown, with inconspicuous vertical fissures. Leaves: petioles 8-12 mm long, canaliculate; blades 8.5-15.5 x 4-7.5 cm, usually elliptic, infrequently narrowly ovate or narrowly obovate, with scattered, inconspicuous punctae abaxially, the abaxial surface with reddish cast except for light colored veins, the base acute to obtuse, the margins entire, the apex acuminate to long acuminate; secondary veins in 11-12 pairs. Inflorescences terminal or in axils of uppermost leaves, usually of simple racemes, the principal rachis 2-5 cm long; pedicel/hypanthium 5-8 mm long, tapered to articulation, not sulcate, puberulous, subtended by oblong, caducous bract 10-15 x 4 mm and two similar bracteoles inserted directly above former. Flowers ca. 2-3 cm diam.; calyx with six lobes, the lobes narrowly to widely ovate, 6-8 x 4-6 mm, upwardly oriented at anthesis, convex abaxially, concave adaxially, imbricate for most of length; petals 6, white; androecial hood forming triple coil (see Fig. 69 in Mori & Prance, 1990) but this needs to be confirmed. Fruits 1.5-2.5 cm diam., the base cup-shaped, the calycine ring with persistent but separate calyx-lobes, the supracalycine zone erect, the infracalycine zone tapered to pedicel, the pericarp 2-4 mm thick, woody, not markedly lenticellate, the operculum convex, without umbo. Seeds few per fruit; aril unknown.

Common names: None recorded.

Distribution: Known only from eastern Panama in the departments of Colón, Herrera, Panamá, San Blás, and Veraguas. A single collection from the Chocó of Colombia (Gentry 7224) has also been identified as this collection but there is question that this determination is correct.

Ecology: A poorly known canopy tree from moist and wet forests at elevations at and below 800 meters.

Phenology: Flowers of this species have been collected in Jun, and empty fruits have been gathered in Aug, Oct, Nov, Jan, and Dec. Seeds have not yet been collected.

Pollination: No observations have been recorded but the flower structure, white petals, and yellow androecial hood suggest that bees are the pollinators.

Dispersal: No observations have been recorded.

Predation: No observations recorded.

Taxonomic notes: Eschweilera neei is characterized by leaf blades with a reddish cast abaxially; upwardly oriented, relatively large, imbricate calyx-lobes, white petals, androecial hood with a triple coil (not double as given in the protologue) but this should be confirmed; and small fruits. Specimens from the Osa Peninsulsa, Costa Rica and vicinity previously determined as this species are now considered to be Eschweilera biflava S. A. Mori.

Conservation: IUCN Red List: Not on list.

Uses: None recorded.

Etymology: The specific epithet honors Michael Nee, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin where he earned a Ph.D. under the direction of Hugh H. Iltis, curator at the Field Museum in Chicago early in his career, and curator at The New York Botanical Garden since late summer 1984 . Nee is a specialist in Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae and a prolific plant collector known for making beautiful collections. He is a career-long friend of the author of the epithet who was Nee's Teaching Assistant in plant systematics at the University of Wisconsin.

Source: This species page is based on Mori in Mori & Prance, 1990.

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Eschweilera neei S.A.Mori: [Article] Mori, S. A. & Prance, Ghillean T. 1990. Lecythidaceae - Part II: The zygomorphic-flowered New World genera (Couroupita, Corythophora, Bertholletia, Couratari, Eschweilera, & Lecythis). With a study of secondary xylem of Neotropical Lecythidaceae by Carl de Zeeuw. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 21: 1-376.