Lozania mutisiana Roem. & Schult.
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Authority
Sleumer, Hermann O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22: 1-499. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Lacistemataceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Types. Mutis 2186, Colombia, locality unknown (hololectotype, MA; isolectotype, US, fragm IAN); Mutis 1606 (syntype, K, MA, US); Mutis 1607 (syntype, G, K, MA, US); Mutis 1163 (syntype, MA, US).
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Synonyms
Lozania nemoralis A.DC., Monandrodendron schultzei Mansf., Monandrodendron peruvianum Mansf., Lozania bipinnata L.B.Sm., Lozania montana Standl., Perrottetia racemosa Loes., Perrottetia costaricensis Lundell
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Description
Species Description - Shrub or generally tree, (2.0-)5.0-20.0 m high, trunk up to 30.0 cm diam; bark gray, smooth. Branchlets slender, tips sparsely appressedly pubescent, glabrescent, older parts striate and covered with brownish-reddish cork, lenticels linear-elongate. Leaves ovate- or oblong-elliptic or lanceolate, apex shortly subacutely acuminate, base cuneate to almost rounded, thin-coriaceous, glabrous above, initially sparsely to subdensely pubescent mainly on midrib, nerves and veins beneath, subentire to serrulate, 8.0-13.0(-15.0) cm long, 2.5-5.0(-8.0) cm broad, lateral nerves 7-9(-10) pairs arcuate-ascending, prominent beneath, veins more or less transverse, forming with the veinlets a dense reticulation which is slightly raised on both faces; petiole pubescent, 8.0-12.0 mm long; stipules subulate, puberulous, 4.0 mm long, caducous. Racemes solitary or 2-3(-5)-fascicled from foliate axils, slender, laxly many-flowered, rather laxly short-pubescent, 2.5-6.0(-8.0) cm long; pedicels articulate at or close to base, glabrous, 1.5-3.0 mm long; basal bract small, similar to the 2 bracteoles. Flowers [male and female], greenish. Sepals 4, broadly ovate, obtuse, glabrous, ca 1.5 mm long, 1.0 mm broad. Filament hardly 1.0 mm long. Ovary glabrous or pubescent; style-branches 0.1-0.2 mm long. Fruit ovoid-trigonous, greenish-yellow, 3.0-5.0 mm long; seeds ellipsoid, 2.2-2.5 mm long, 1.2-1.5 mm broad, sarco-testa orange.
Distribution and Ecology - Costa Rica to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia; in montane (cloud) forest, (200-)600-l 100(-2400) m alt.
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Distribution
Costa Rica South America| Alajuela Costa Rica Central America| Heredia Costa Rica Central America| Cartago Costa Rica Central America| Limón Costa Rica Central America| Panama Central America| Chiriquí Panamá Central America| Colombia South America| Magdalena Colombia South America| Norte de Santander Colombia South America| Antioquia Colombia South America| Caldas Colombia South America| Cundinamarca Colombia South America| Boyacá Colombia South America| Valle Colombia South America| Tolima Colombia South America| Huila Colombia South America| Cauca Colombia South America| Putumayo Colombia South America| Venezuela South America| Lara Venezuela South America| Mérida Venezuela South America| Ecuador South America| Imbabura Ecuador South America| Tungurahua Ecuador South America| Azuay Ecuador South America| Napo Ecuador South America| Pastaza Ecuador South America| Peru South America| Amazonas Brazil South America| Loreto Peru South America| Cusco Peru South America| Bolivia South America| La Paz Bolivia South America|