Mollinedia glabricaulis Maguire & Steyerm.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1989. The Botany of the Guayana Highland- Part XIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 51: 1-127.
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Family
Monimiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Frutex 3-metralis omnino glaber; foliorumlaminis oblongo-lanceolatis, apice subacuminatis asi subacutis vel subobtusis, 17-23 cm longis, 6-7.5 cm latis, nervis lateralibus tenuibusutroque latere 6-7, arcuato-conjunctentibus antemarginem 0.5-1.5 cm anastomosantibus; petiolis1-1.3 cm longis; floribus non visi; pedicellissub fructu 5-12 mm longis; fructibus ellipticoovoideis apiculatis 15-18 mm longis, 10-15 m mlatis, minute inconspicueque vermculosis; seminibusovatis 12 mm longis 8 mm latis.Shrub 3 m tall, completely glabrous. Leafblades oblong-lanceolate, subacuminate at apex,subacute to subobtuse at base, 17-23 cm long,6-7.5 cm wide; lateral nerves slender, inconspicuous,6-7 each side, the middle and upperones spreading at 15°-30° angle, anastomising0.5-1.5 cm from the margin; petiole 1-1.3 cmlong. Flowers not seen. Fruiting pedicels 5-12m m long. Fruit elliptic-ovate, apiculate, 15-18m m long, 10-15 mm wide, minutely and inconspicuouslyvermculose. Seeds ovate, 12 mm long,8 mm wide.
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Discussion
Type. Brazil. Amazonas: Serra da Neblina, high forest between Anta and Palmito camps, 600-1300 m alt, 16 Dec 1965, Nilo T. Silva & Umbelina Brazao 60678 (holotype N Y , isotype M O ) .
Mollinedia glabricaulis diflfers from previously described taxa of Venezuelan Guayana (M. yaviensis Lasser & Maguire, M . ptariensis Steyerm., M. roraimensis Steyerm., and Af. neblinensis) in that the vegetative and fmiting portions are completely glabrous