Casearia bahiensis Sleumer

  • Authority

    Sleumer, Hermann O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22: 1-499. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Salicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Casearia bahiensis Sleumer

  • Type

    Type. N. T. Silva 58418, Brazil, Bahia, Itabuna, km 80 between Betanha and Canavieiros, fl 13 Jul 1964 (holotype, NY; isotypes, K, L, S, US).

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Arbor 10.0 m alta, trunco 10.0 cm diam. Ramuli novelli glabri, rubescenti-brunnescentes, densissime lenticellis elongato-ellipticis pallidis adspersi, deorsum cinereo-corticati. Folia persistentia, obovat-elliptica usque -oblonga, apice breviter obtuse acuminata vel attenuata, basi in petiolum cuneata, coriacea, firma, glaberrima, in sicco olivaceo-brunnea, dense pellucido-punctata et -lineata, margine revoluta, inferne integra, superne remote glanduloso-subserrato-denticulata, 8.0-12.0 cm longa, 3.0-5.0 cm lata, costa in sicco supra inferne canaliculata, subtus per totam longitudinem bene elevata, nervis lateralibus 5(-6)-paribus arcuato-ascendentibus, supra paullo vel vix, subtus arcte prominentibus, rete venarum subdenso subtus tantum elevato, eo venu-larum sat obscuro; petioli glabri, (6.0-)7.0-10.0 mm longi, 1.0-1.5 mm crassi; stipulae haud observatae. Glomeruli ex axillis foliatis rarius iam defoliatis 6-10(-12)-flori; pedicelli glabri, in sicco atrescentes, sub plena anthesi 2.0-3.0 mm longi, basi articulata bracteae ovatae, dense brevipilosae, 1.0-1.5 mm longae, glomerulos 4.0-6.0 mm diam. formantes. Sepala 5, oblonga, basi paullo connata, erecta, extus ad marginem tantum, intus per faciem albo-tomentella, in sicco albo-viridia, 4.0 mm longa, 1.5 mm lata. Stamina 10, alternatim paullo inaequilonga; filamenta patenter longepilosa, 1.5-2.0 mm longa; antherae subglobosae, glabrae, eglandulosae, 0.7 mm diam. Disci lobi clavati, tomentosuli, 1.5 mm longi. Ovarium globosum, dense pilosum, apice abrupte in stylum brevem contractum; stigma capitatum. Fructus nondum cognitus.

    Distribution and Ecology - Brazil (Bahia, Pernambuco).

  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Pernambuco Brazil South America| Bahia Brazil South America|