Trigonia nivea var. pubescens (Cambess.) Lleras

Authority

Lleras, Eduardo. 1978. Trigoniaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 19: 1-73. (Published by NYBG Press)

Family

Trigoniaceae

Scientific Name

Trigonia nivea var. pubescens (Cambess.) Lleras

Type

Type. St. Hilaire 2205 Brazil, Minas Gerais, fl (holotype MPU; isotype P).

Synonyms

Trigonia pubescens Cambess.

Description

Description - Leaves elliptic to ovate-elliptic, thinly lanate-pubescent beneath (having a grayish or brownish aspect), the margins entire; petioles 5-8 mm long. Flower buds ca 3.0 mm long; pedicels 2.0-5.0 mm long, the bracts 1.0-3.0 mm long. Fruit 3.0-4.0 mm long; the endocarp velutinous-tomentose.

Discussion

This variety can be recognized by its broader leaves, the typical gray or brown aspect of the leaf pubescence, and by the relatively long peduncles. Although I agree with Cambessèdes in recognizing it as taxonomically distinct, I consider that the distinctions do not merit specific status. This variety includes all the material previously known as Trigonia pubescens.

Objects

Specimen - 00371835, G. T. Prance 58579, Trigonia nivea var. pubescens (Cambess.) Lleras, Trigoniaceae (168.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Maranhão, Carolina Mun.

Specimen - 00922832, G. G. Hatschbach 26974, Trigonia nivea var. pubescens (Cambess.) Lleras, Trigoniaceae (168.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Igarapé Mun.

Specimen - 371836, A. Gevieski 62, Trigonia nivea var. pubescens (Cambess.) Lleras, Trigoniaceae (168.0), Magnoliophyta; South America, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Ibirama Mun.

Distribution

Found in coastal forests from Para to Santa Catarina; absent or not known from Ceara, south to Bahia.

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