Hirtella lightioides Rusby
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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. Bang 24.18, Bolivia, fl (holotype, NY; isotypes, C, F, LE, M, S, US).
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Synonyms
Hirtella acuminata Rusby
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Description
Description - Shrub or small tree, the young branches tomentellous, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves elliptic, subcoriaceous, 9.0-17.0 cm long, 2.5-7.3 cm broad, acuminate at apex, with acumen 5.0-10.0 mm long, rounded to subcuneate at base, sparsely hirsute beneath, with a few palisade glands; primary veins 10-14 pairs, plane above, prominent beneath; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, tomentellous on both surfaces; petioles 3.0-5.0 mm long, terete, eglandular, tomentellous. Stipules 3.0-5.0 mm long, linear, persistent, pubescent, eglandular. Inflorescences terminal and axillary panicles 7.0-11.0 cm long, the rachis and branches hirsutulous-tomentellous. Bracts and bracteoles 2.0-4.0 mm long, linear to oblong, tomentellous, persistent, eglandular. Flowers 6.0-8.0 mm long. Receptacle campanulate, tomentellous on exterior, glabrous within except at throat; pedicels 2.0-5.0 mm long. Calyx lobes acute, tomentellous on exterior, puberulous within. Petals 5, white, glabrous. Stamens 4-6, unilateral with a few short filamentous staminodes opposite them, the filaments glabrous, far exceeding calyx lobes. Style hirsute up to half its length. Ovary inserted at mouth of receptacle, villous. Fruit not seen.
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Distribution
Primary forest, in northern and central Bolivia.
Bolivia South America|