Spathelia chimantaensis R.S.Cowan & Brizicky

  • Authority

    Cowan, Richard S. & Brizicky, George K. 1960. Taxonomic relationships of Diomma Engler ex Harms. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10 (2): 58-64.

  • Family

    Rutaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Spathelia chimantaensis R.S.Cowan & Brizicky

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Arbor 5-10 m alta, haud ramifieata, foliis trunci ad summum congestis, apice juvenili dense puberulo, glabrescenti. Petioli 10-13 cm longi, puberuli sed glabrescentes, basim versus canaliculati sed apicem versus plani, foliorum lamina ca. elliptica, rhachi 30-45 cm longa. Foliola ca. 25-40, alterna ad subopposita, coriacea, petiolulis 3-4 mm longis; laminae leviter arcuatae, mediales 12 em longae, 3.5-4 cm latae, oblongae vel oblongo-ellipticae, ad basim inaequilaterales, latere superiore rotundato, latere inferiore acuto, apicaliter obtuse acutae, supra glabrae, infra leviter ad costam puberulae. Inflorescentiae terminales, paniculatae, ad 1 m longae, axibus puberulis, bracteis persistentibus, foliaceis, stipitatis, 9-45 mm longis, bracteolis minutis, pedicellis 1.5-2.5 mm longis, puberulis et minutissime stellato-pubescentibus. Sepala 1.5-1.7 mm longa, 1-1.2 mm lata, ovalia, minute ciliolata; petala 5.5-6 mm longa, 2.5 mm lata, concava, elliptico-obovata, ad basim cuneata, glabra. Staminorum fllamenta (in floribus masculinis) 4-4.7 mm longis, parte basali alata, alis ca. 2 mm longis, ad apicem bidentatis, ciliolatis, plus minusve villosulis; ovarium in floribus masculis parvum, rudimentarium gynophorium breve, crassum, subcylindricum vel subglobosum, 1-1.5 mm diametro, dense puberulum insidens, in floribus femineis; nondum expansis) late ovoideum, lateraliter compressum, glabrum, 1.8-2.2 mm longum et 1.2—1.8 mm latum in basi extrema brevi paulo attenuata nectaria 4 (5?), parce puberula gerens; stigma in floribus femineis majusculum, bilobum, lobis capitatis; stylus ca. 0.3-0.4 mm longus. Fructus oblatus, glaber, 2.5-3 cm longus, 4-4.3 cm latus, ad pedicellum valde cordatus, ad apicem acutus, eorpore late ovato. alis coriaceis.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 1, g-i.

    The differences that separate this species from S. neblinaensis are not striking, with the exception of the fruiting ones: the fruits are quite dissimilar in size, shape, and vestiture. The two species also differ in size and shape of leaflets.