Corythophora amapaensis Pires ex S.A.Mori & Prance

  • Filed As

    Lecythidaceae
    Corythophora amapaensis Pires ex S.A.Mori & Prance

  • Collector(s)

    S. V. Heald 32 with R. Weber, A. Berkov & V. Hequet, 20 Sep 1995

  • Location

    French Guiana. Iwokrama Rainforest Reserve.

  • Description

    Canopy tree with a straight, unbuttressed bole. Leaves elliptic, rugose between secondary veins. Flowers with 6 green sepals; 6 deep burgundy petals and a pinkish wine androecial hood that is flap-like and open at top. Fertile anthers white, around pistil; fodder anthers orange, just distal of the fertile anthers, before genicle of hood. Staminodes only on flap of androecial hood. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    UNICATE. [Photos].

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 55444

    Occurrence ID: b15e76b7-fb6f-403e-8356-a23f0821d54b

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