Abatia glabra Sleumer

  • Authority

    Sleumer, Hermann O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22: 1-499. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Salicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Abatia glabra Sleumer

  • Type

    Type. J. E. Leite 3961, Brazil, São Paulo, São Bento do Sapucaí, Pedra do Bau, fl 18-1-1964 (holotype, GH).

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Frutex. Ramuli graciles, glabri, statu sicco brunneo-rubescentes. Folia oblonga vel anguste oblonga, apice subacuminata, ipso apice acuta glandu-laque parva parum prominente terminata, basi cuneata, firme chartacea, glabra, in sicco opaca, regulariter glanduloso-serrata (dentibus 0.5 mm altis), 6.0 10.0 cm longa, 2.0-3.0 cm lata, costa supra valde impressa, subtus crasse prominente, nervis lateralibus utroque latere 10-12 curvato-ascendentibus marginem laminae versus furcato-dissolutis, supra planis, subtus parum eleva-tis, reticulatione venarum subtus debiliter prominula, ea venularum obscura; Petioli rubescentes, flexuosi, glabri, (2.0-)3.0-4.0 cm longi, ca 1.0 mm crassi. Spicae terminales graciles erectae densiflorae, 5.0-6.0 cm longae; rhachis sicut pedicelli sub lente pilis brevibus tenuibus appressis laxe induta, 1.5 mm crassa. Flores solitarii; pedicelli crassiusculi, 1.0-1.5 mm longi. Sepala 4, ovato-lance-olata, acuta, ex coll, lutea, sicco nigrescentia, utrinque glabra, 1.5-2.0 mm longa. Stamina ca 15; filamenta filiformia, glabra, 1.5 mm longa; antherae ovoideo-ellipsoideae, 0.3 mm longae, dorso connectivo crasso indutae. Disci processus filiformes seu stamina sterilia numerosa, crispa, 1.5-2.0 mm longa. Ovarium ovoideum, albosericeum; stylus glaber, 1.5 mm longus. Capsula et semina tantum ignota.

  • Distribution

    Once collected, at 1900 m alt.

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