flora neotropica - CNCFlora

Systematic Treatment 19
119. Inflorescence lax and spreading; leaf with a finely pointed acumen 8-20 mm
long, the lower surface farinaceous-lanate, shallowly reticulate (Colombia;
Venezuela; Guianas; Brazil, Amazonia).
129. L. parviflora.
119. Inflorescence and flowers densely crowded; leaf with blunt acumen 2-
13 mm long, the lower surface lanate, deeply reticulate (Venezuela;
Guianas to E-central Brazil).
114. L. kunthiana.
117. Stipules axillary, caducous or persistent.
120. Petioles 11-15 mm long; flowers 3.5-4 mm long (Brazil, Bahia). 130.1. L. lamentanda.
120. Petioles 2-10 mm long; flowers 2-3 mm long.
121. Leaf undersurface with smooth inconspicuous reticulation, the pubescence easily removed;
primary veins widely spaced, 1.2-2.5 cm apart; exterior of receptacle velutinouspubescent
(Brazil, Amazonas).
142. L. rodriguesii.
121. Leaf underside with deeply cut reticulation, and hence pubescence hard to remove; primary
veins not more than 1 cm apart; exterior of receptacle tomentellous.
122. Receptacle globose; upper surface of youngest leaves appressed-strigose, soon becoming
glabrous; inflorescence of axillary spikes and terminal panicles (E-central
Brazil).
132. L. spicata.
122. Receptacle usually campanulate; upper surface of youngest leaves glabrous; inflorescence
of terminal and subterminal racemose panicles.
123. Leaves oblong-lanceolate; midrib slightly impressed on upper surface (E-central
Brazil).
143. L. indurata.
123. Leaves ovate-elliptic to oblong; midrib usually plane on upper surface.
124. Inflorescence much branched, spreading, lax; lower leaf surface rufouspubescent
(Venezuela; Guianas; Brazil).
113. L. rufescens.
124. Inflorescence densely crowded, compact, little-branched; lower leaf surface
gray-brown-pubescent.
125. Petioles 4-7 mm long, terete; receptacle and calyx lobes tomentose
on exterior.
126. Leaves finely acuminate, the acumen 8-12 mm long; stipules
caducous, ca. 1 mm long (Ecuador). 144.1. L. harlingii.
126. Leaves bluntly acuminate to obtuse; stipules persistent, 1-
3 mm long.
127. Petioles soon becoming glabrous; leaf apex bluntly
acuminate; young fruit pyriform (E-central Brazil).
144. L. hoehnei.
127. Petioles tomentose, becoming less so with age; leaf
apex obtuse to acute; young fruit cylindrical when
young, becoming pyriform (Panama; Trinidad; Venezuela).
145. L. cruegeriana.
125. Petioles 10-12 mm long, canaliculate; receptacle and calyx lobes
velutinous on exterior (Brazil, Bahia).
146. L. belemii.
Additional Notes and Descriptions
of Species of Licania
The notes on the species that follow refer only
to those species for which interesting and useful
new data have been collected since the mono-
graph (Prance, 1972).
Subgenus Moquilea Section Moquilea
2-3. Licania maritima Prance, Fl. Neotrop.
Monogr. 9: 44. 1972.
Fruit globose with warty surface, 9-10 cm in
diam.; exocarp glabrous, crustaceous; mesocarp
1.5-1.8 cm thick, fibrous; endocarp ca. 3 mm
thick, hard and woody, glabrous within.
Distribution (Fig. 59). Endemic to coastal forests
of Choc6, Colombia.
Additional specimen examined. COLOMBIA. CHOCO:
Mun. El Valle, Jan 1985 (fr), P. Perez s.n. (MEDEL).
This species was described from a single flow-
ering specimen. The fruits are large and rather
similar to those of L. macrocarpa, and are said
to be edible.