Lacistema hasslerianum Chodat

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Lacistemataceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lacistema hasslerianum Chodat

  • Type

    Types. Hassler 5031, Paraguay, Sierra de Maracayú, Ipe-hu, fl fr (holo-lectotype, G; isolectotypes, BM, K, MO, P, S); Hassler 4632, Paraguay, in regione Cursus Superioris fluminis Jeju guazú, fl (holosyntype, G; isosyntypes, A, BM, K, L, LIL, MICH, MO, P, S).

  • Synonyms

    Lacistema serrulatum Mart., Lacistema fagifolium Chodat, Lacistema aggregatum (P.J. Bergius) Rusby

  • Description

    Species Description - Shrub or treelet up to 4.0 m high. Branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate- to oblong-elliptic, apex attenuate to subacuminate, tip bluntish, base cuneate, chartaceous, with minute hairs underneath initially, glabrous with age, rather regularly though distantly subcrenate-serrate (0.5-1.0 mm) in the upper, less distinctly so to subentire in the lower part of the lamina, 5.0-l0.0(-11.0) cm long, 2.0-3.0(-4.5) cm broad, lateral nerves (4-)5-6 pairs, slightly raised beneath, reticulation of veins and veinlets dense, finely prominent on both faces; petiole glabrous, 5.0-7.0 mm long; stipules lanceolate-subulate, glabrous, 6.0-8.0(-10.0) mm long, 2.0-3.0 mm broad at base. Spikes almost subglobular in bud stage, cylindrical when fully developed, 5-6(-10) per axil, 4.0-6.0 mm long, 1.2 mm diam; rhachis glabrous; flower-subtending bract ovate, obtuse, 1.0 mm long. Sepals 3 or 4, irregularly lanceolate to subspatulate, a little shorter than the bract. Disk low, cup-shaped, membranous, undulate. Ovary glabrous; styles 3, very short. Fruit ellipsoid-subglobose, shortly stipitate, glabrous, red, ca 8.0 mm long.

    Distribution and Ecology - Central and Southeast Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina (Jujuy, Misiones); in forest or campo cerrado, at low alt.

  • Distribution

    Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Goiás Brazil South America| Distrito Federal Brazil South America| Minas Gerais Brazil South America| São Paulo Brazil South America| Paraná Brazil South America| Paraguay South America| Argentina South America| Misiones Argentina South America| Jujuy Argentina South America|