Licania compacta Fritsch
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Authority
Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Chrysobalanaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Schomburgk 519(812), Guyana, fl (holotype, W; isotypes, BR, CGE, F, G, K, L, NY, OXF, P).
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Description
Description - Tree (?), the young branches tomentellous, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves oblong, thick-coriaceous, 3.0-5.5 cm long, 1.5-3.2 cm broad, rounded to acute at apex, rounded at base, glabrous above, the lower surface with dense brown-lanate pubescence obscuring the deep stomatal cavities; midrib plane or slightly impressed above, glabrous; primary veins 9-11 pairs, prominent below, plane above; petioles 3.0-4.0 mm long, terete, eglandular, tomentellous when young. Stipules 3.0-4.0 mm long, lanceolate, tomentellous when young, persistent, adnate to base of petiole. Inflorescences terminal racemose panicles, the rachis and branches tomentellous. Flowers 3.5-4.5 mm long, sessile on primary branches of inflorescence. Bracts and bracteoles ovate, persistent, to 3.0 mm long, tomentellous on exterior. Receptacle ureolate, sessile, tomentellous on exterior, tomentose within. Calyx lobes acute, tomentellous on exterior, puberulous within. Petals absent. Stamens 4, unilateral; filaments shorter than calyx lobes, glabrous. Ovary inserted at base of receptacle, villous. Style equalling filaments, pubescent. Fruit unknown.
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Discussion
This poorly known species is quite distinct from related species. It has stipules similar to those of L. mollis, but differs from that species in leaf shape and in smaller number of stamens.
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Distribution
Known only from the type from the vicinity of Mt. Roraima on the western frontier of Guyana.
Guyana South America|