Hirtella latifolia Prance

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hirtella latifolia Prance

  • Type

    Type. Duke 8012, Panama, Prov. Panama, Cerro Jefe, fl (holotype, MO; isotype, MICH).

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Arbor media, ramulis juvenilibus tomentellis mox glabris. Folia alternata, petiolata; petiolo 2.0 mm longo, tereti, eglanduloso, tomentello; laminae ovato-ellipticae, coriaceae, 15.o-17.ocm longae, 8.0-10.0 cm latae, apice in acuminem 3.0-6.0 cm longum contractae, basi rotundatae, subtus costis venisque hirsutae; costa media supra leviter prominente, tomentella, subtus prominente, hirsuta; costis secundariis 12-13 jugis, supra plana, subtus prominentibus. Stipulae lanceolatae, eglandulosae, persistentes, puberulae. Flores circa 6.0 mm longi, in paniculis terminalibus 6.0-12.0 cm longis dispositi, rachi ramisque tomentelli, rachi crassi. Bracteae bracteolaeque ovatae, numerosae, persistentes, tomentellae. Receptaculum campanulatum, extus tomentellum, intus basim versus glabrum; pedicelli 0-0.5 mm longi, Calycis-lobi acuti vel rotundati, utrinque tomentelli. Petala 5, glabra. Stamina 3, unilateralia, filamenta glabra, longe exserta. Ovarium ad faucem receptaculi insertum, pilosum. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, basim versus hirsutus. Fructus mihi ignoti.

  • Discussion

    This species is most closely related to H. triandra, but differs in the much broader leaves, the thicker rachis of the inflorescence, and the subsessile flowers.

  • Distribution

    Collected only in forest at the type locality.

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