Monographs Details:
Authority:
Ewan, Joseph A. 1962. Synopsis of the South American species of Vismia (Guttiferae). Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 35: 293-377. pls. 1-5.
Ewan, Joseph A. 1962. Synopsis of the South American species of Vismia (Guttiferae). Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 35: 293-377. pls. 1-5.
Family:
Clusiaceae
Clusiaceae
Description:
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Description - [No description provided.]
Discussion:
Vismia reichardtiana in its typical form is a shrub four to sixmeters high of the State of Ceara with shiny, stiff, lanceolate leaves; it is well exemplified by Ule 9071 from that state. The extreme leaf form is the narrowly lanceolate V. baccifera var. angustifolia Reich., well illustrated by Dahlgren 965, also from Ceará. This may prove to be but a developmental state of the species when more ample collections are available. Vismia guttifera Salzm. (1858) is a clearly identifiable name for this species, but is invalidated by an earlier use of the same epithet by Persoon (1807). The morphological distinctions between Vismia reichardtiana and V. pentagyna are indicated under the treatment of the latter. Judging from annotated collections at Florence and Geneva, this is the plant Choisy called Vismia rufescens.
Vismia reichardtiana in its typical form is a shrub four to sixmeters high of the State of Ceara with shiny, stiff, lanceolate leaves; it is well exemplified by Ule 9071 from that state. The extreme leaf form is the narrowly lanceolate V. baccifera var. angustifolia Reich., well illustrated by Dahlgren 965, also from Ceará. This may prove to be but a developmental state of the species when more ample collections are available. Vismia guttifera Salzm. (1858) is a clearly identifiable name for this species, but is invalidated by an earlier use of the same epithet by Persoon (1807). The morphological distinctions between Vismia reichardtiana and V. pentagyna are indicated under the treatment of the latter. Judging from annotated collections at Florence and Geneva, this is the plant Choisy called Vismia rufescens.