Esenbeckia pilocarpoides subsp. maurioides (Mart.) Kaastra

  • Authority

    Kaastra, Roelof C. 1982. A monograph of the Pilocarpinae (Rutaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 33: 1-198. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Rutaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Esenbeckia pilocarpoides subsp. maurioides (Mart.) Kaastra

  • Type

    Type. Martius s.n., Brazil. Bahia: Above Serra do Mar, nr. Almada (=Ilheus), Dec (1818), fl (lost; lectotype, Martius, Nov. gen. sp. pl. 3: t. 232 and t. 233 pro parte. 1831).

  • Synonyms

    Esenbeckia maurioides Mart., Colythrum maurioides (Mart.) Schott, Esenbeckia pilocarpoides var. maurioides (Mart.) Engl.

  • Description

    Subspecies Description - Shrub to 6 m tall with trunk 5-8 cm in diam. Leaves varying from 3- to 1-foliolate, the 1-foliolate ones frequently 2-parted or 2-cleft, or the leaflets of a 2-foliolate leaf ± connate; petiole provided with wings ca. 0.6-1.3 mm broad ending in blunt ears 3-4 x 1-1.5 mm or shorter; apex of leaflets acuminate, mostly rostrate-caudate with a usually blunt, laterally curved acumen (2-)7-25 mm long; lateral leaflets sometimes greatly reduced in size with a slightly unequal base, curved and with an admedial midvein.

  • Discussion

    The wood used by Indians in preparing certain parts of arrows (Fróes (in Krukoff) 11666).

    The original labels of Wied-Neuwied s.n. mention "Itap." After studying Urban in Fl. bras. 1(1) (1906), several maps, and indexes, I drew the conclusion that Itap. stands for Itapemirim. Afterwards I came across the specimen in BR-Herb. Martius, on which Martius had attached a label with: "Itapemirim. Communic. Pr. Vidensis 1829." Itapemirim, situated in coastal Espirito Santo, therefore seems to be the locality. The collection was not identified by Martius, only by Engler, and the specimen in M also by Schultes. It agrees very well with Martius" description, and the drawing, t. 232 and 233 pro parte in Martius, Nov. gen. sp. pl. 3, seems to be based on it. The date of acquisition by Martius is in accordance with the completion of the publication (after 29 June 1829 and before ca. March 1831; cf. Stafleu (1967: 297). Therefore it is not impossible that Wied-Neuwied s.n. actually is the type of this subspecies.

    Fróes (in Krukoff) 11666 shows only long-eared 1-foliolate leaves. The absence of 2-3-foliolate leaves is perhaps due to incomplete sampling; cf. the specimen of Fróes (in Krukoff) 1710 in A, which shows 1-foliolate leaves only, while duplicates in other herbaria have 1-3-foliolate leaves. In other characters Fróes (in Krukoff) 11666 is not different, and the collection belongs therefore to this subspecies.

  • Common Names

    boragica, pipoca

  • Distribution

    Brazil, along the coasts of Maranhão, Bahia, and Espirito Santo. In Maranhão in high forest on terra firme. Collected in flower in Apr. Fig. 26A.

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