Licania apiculata Prance

  • Authority

    Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Licania apiculata Prance

  • Type

    Type. Rodrigues & Coelho 4881, Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Cuieiras, fl (holotype, NY; isotype, INPA 13414).

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Frutex, ramulis juvenilibus glabris haud lenticellatis. Folia alternata petiolata; petiolo 3.0-4.0 mm longo, primo glabrescente mox glabro, tereti, eglanduloso; laminae oblongae vel oblongo-lanceolatae, coriaceae, 5.0-10.0 cm longae, 1.7-3.5 cm latae, basi cuneatae, apice apiculatae, supra glabrae nitidae, subtus dense lanato-pubescentes; costa media supra plana, glabra; costis secundariis 10-12 jugis, utrinque leviter prominentibus. Stipulae lineares, ad 2.0 mm longae, glabrae, caducae, cum basi petiolo adnatae. Flores 2.0-3.0 mm longi, haud pedunculati, in paniculis race-mosis terminalibus dispositi, rachi ramisque puberulis vel tomentellis. Bracteae bracteolaeque 1.0-3.0 mm longae, lineares, parvae, persistentes, extus puberulae. Receptaculum campanula turn, sessile, extus tomentosum, intus tomentellum. Calycis-lobi acuti, utrinque tomentelli. Petala nulla. Stamina 3, unilateralia; filamenta glabra ad basim libera, calycis-lobis breviora. Ovarium ad basim receptaculi insertum, tomentellum. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, ad apicem pubescens. Fructus (immaturus tantum visi) extus sordido pubescens, pyriformis.

  • Discussion

    This species is nearest L. micrantha but differs in the narrower apiculate leaves and the greater number of primary leaf veins. It is also related to L. savannarum, from which it differs in the apiculate leaves with more primary veins, the campanulate receptacle, and the less branched inflorescence.

  • Distribution

    On beaches and open habitats beside rivers, known only from the Rio Cuieiras in Brazil.

    Brazil South America| Amazonas Brazil South America|