Ilex tepuiana Steyerm.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

  • Family

    Aquifoliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ilex tepuiana Steyerm.

  • Type

    Type. On mesa between Ptari-tepui and Sororopan-tepui, 1600 m alt., 5 fruiting, Bolivar, Venezuela, 15-17 Nov 1944, Julian A. Steyermark 60290 (holotype P). Paratypes. Bolivar: Chimanta Massif, [female] fruiting, 21 May 1953, Steyermark 75509. British Guiana: Partang River, Merume Mountains, 470 m alt., 23 June 1960, Maguire & Maguire 45915.

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Arbor ad 10.0 m alta, ramis in siceo griseis ad atrobrunneis, ramulis et virgis atroroseis vel nigris omnino glabris, laminis subcoriaceis vel coriaceis glabris, margibus integris plus minusve revolutis, apice pervariabilibus plerumque breviacuminatis non nunquam aeutis vel aeutis retusisque ad obtusis suborbieularibus, basibus cuneatis ad subspathulatis, omnibus decurrentibus petiolis, in siceo supra atroviridis ad atrobrunneis, subtus pallidioribus viridis ad brunneis punctatis, in vivo supra atroviridis subtus pallidis viridis, (4.6-)5.1-7.1(-7.8) cm longis X (2.3-)2.5-4.1(-4.4) cm latis plerumque lanceolatis obovatis ad late-obovatis, non nunquam ellipticis; petiolis incrassatissimis brevibus 2.0-5.0 mm longis glabris; inflorescentiis solitariis, [female]-floribus ex fructu glabris 4-meris, axillaribus, solitariis, pedicellatis, pedicellis glabris 8.0-20.0 mm longis plerumque 12.0-18.0 mm longis; calycis raro sparsissimis puberulis, lobis aeutis; [male]-floribus 4-meris axillaribus et lateralibus, pedunculatis pedunculis puberulis ca. 6.0 mm longis 1 X vel 2 X divisis triplis ad septis puberulis pedicellis ca. 2.0-3.0 mm longis praeditis, calycis puberulis 4-lobis ciliolatis, petalis ovatis apice orbiculatis staminibus 4 subulatis, filamentis brevibus, pistillodiis ovoideis brevibus stylis praeditis; baccis drupis subglobosis ovoideis, in siceo nigris, stigmatis capitatis-subcoronatis, mesocarpis largis in siceo farinosis in vivo glutinosis; pyrenis 4 dorsaliter profunde unicanaliculatis.