Zygia coccinea var. oriunda

Title

Zygia coccinea var. oriunda

Authors

Rupert C. Barneby

Scientific Name

Zygia coccinea var. oriunda (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

Description

15a. Zygia coccinea var. oriunda  (Macbride) Barneby & Grimes, comb. et stat. nov. Pithecellobium oriundum Macbride, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13 (Fl. Peru), 3(1): 61. 1943. — "[Peru.] Loreto: Yurimaguas to Balsapuerto, Killip & Smith 28273." — Holotypus, F (not available for confirmation in 1989-1992); isotypus, NY!. — Zygia oriunda (Macbride) L. Rico, Kew Bull. 46: 504. 1991.

Pithecellobium schultzeanum Harms, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 14(124): 333. 1939. — "Ost-Ecuador: Oriente, Pacayacu [= Pucayacu] ... 24 Marz 1937 (Hertha Schultze-Rhonhof n. 2270 . . .)." — Holotypus, †B; no isotypus found, but the detailed description and locality fully compatible with var. oriunda. — Zygia schultzeana (Harms) L. Rico, Kew Bull. 46: 505 (from "Pacayucu"). 1991.

Corolla 5-8 mm, whitish; androecium (40-76- merous) 13-22 mm, the tassel white or ochroleucous.

In primary forest, 260-1600 m, local on and near the E foothills of the Andes, 240-1200 m, from the Putumayo in Colombia S through Ecuador to ±10°S in Peru. — Map 25. — Fl. IX, XII—III, the full season not reliably reported. — Rayo caspi (rayu cachi), the pod said to be edible, the plant used in medicine as antifungal; arbol de truno (Ecuador).