flora neotropica - CNCFlora

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FIG. 11. Licania teixeirae (Teixeira 728). A, habit; B, flower; C, flower section; D, apical view of flower;
E, leaf undersurface
showing pulverulent pubescence.
brous and plane above, prominent beneath; primary
veins 7-9 pairs, inconspicuous on both
surfaces; petioles 4-6 mm long, glabrous, canaliculate.
Stipules linear, 1 mm long, adnate to
base of petiole. Inflorescences of terminal and
axillary little-branched racemose panicles or racemes,
the rachis and branches tomentellous, the
apical panicles 3-4 cm long, the axillary racemes
1-2 cm long. Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate,
persistent, ca. 0.5 mm long, tomentellous. Flowers
ca. 3 mm long, sessile on primary branches
of inflorescence. Receptacle urceolate, sessile, rufous-brown-tomentellous
on exterior, densely
tomentellous within. Calyx lobes five, acute, rufous-brown-tomentellous
on exterior contrasting
sharply with gray-white-tomentellous pubescence
of inner surface. Petals absent. Stamens
five, inserted around 2/3 of circle, the filaments
shorter than calyx lobes, tomentellous. Ovary
inserted at base of receptacle, sparsely tomen-
tellous on exterior. Style equalling filaments, la-
nate-pubescent. Fruit unknown.
Distribution (Fig. 81). Known only from the
type collection.
This species is quite distinct from other species
of Licania and is easily recognized in the dry
condition by the contrasting colors of the recep-
tacle and interior of the calyx lobes. It is a mem-
ber of section Pulverulenta and differs from all
other species in the leaf shape and the thin char-
taceous leaves. This species comes from the same
locality as another recently described species of
Licania, L. bellingtonii.
Subgenus Licania Section Licania
2-100. Licania couepiifolia Prance, Fl. Neotrop.
Monogr. 9: 134. 1972.