flora neotropica - CNCFlora
flora neotropica - CNCFlora
flora neotropica - CNCFlora
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Systematic Treatment51<br />
2-124. Licania micrantha Miquel, Stirp. suri-<br />
nam. select. 20. 1850.<br />
Distribution (Fig. 63). This species is wide-<br />
spread in Venezuela, Amazonia, and the Guia-<br />
nas. Its known range has now been extended west<br />
of the Andes from recent collections from Choc6<br />
and Valle in Colombia, and also to Atlantic<br />
coastal Brazil in the forests of Bahia.<br />
2-126.1. Licania aracaensis Prance, Brittonia 28:<br />
223, fig. 10. 1976. Type. Brazil. Amazonas:<br />
Serra Araca, 1?N, 63?W, 10 Feb 1975 (fl), Pires<br />
15027 (holotype, IAN; isotypes, INPA, NY).<br />
Tree 2 m tall, the young branches puberulous,<br />
soon becoming glabrous and lenticellate. Leaf<br />
lamina oblong, conduplicate, coriaceous, 3-5.5<br />
x 2-2.8 cm, subcuneate at base, acute to bluntly<br />
acuminate at apex, the acumen 2-6 mm long,<br />
glabrous above, densely lanate-tomentose beneath;<br />
midrib plane above, prominulous beneath;<br />
primary veins 6-8 pairs, plane above,<br />
prominulous beneath; petioles 3-4 mm long, terete,<br />
sparsely puberulous, eglandular. Stipules<br />
persistent, lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm long, adnate to<br />
base of petiole. Inflorescences terminal and subterminal<br />
racemose panicles, 4-7.5 cm long; rachis<br />
and branches puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles<br />
triangular, persistent, tomentose on<br />
exterior, ca. 0.75 mm long. Flowers ca. 2 mm<br />
long. Receptacle urceolate, sessile, yellow-tomentellous<br />
on exterior, tomentose towards base<br />
and glabrous above on interior. Calyx lobes five,<br />
acute, tomentellous on exterior, puberulous<br />
within. Petals absent. Stamens three, unilateral,<br />
opposite three calyx lobes; filaments glabrous,<br />
shorter than calyx lobes. Ovary tomentose. Style<br />
puberulous, shorter than calyx lobes. Fruit pyr-<br />
iform; exocarp glabrous, wrinkled when dry, the<br />
stipe 5-10 mm in dry fruit.<br />
Distribution (Fig. 25). This species is appar-<br />
ently endemic to the summit of the sandstone<br />
mountain Serra Araca at about 1000 m, flow-<br />
ering in February.<br />
Additional specimens examined. BRAZIL.<br />
AMAZONAS: Serra Araca, 1 Feb 1978 (fr), Rosa & Lira<br />
2337 (IAN, NY), 22 Feb 1984 (fr), Tavares et al. 114<br />
(INPA, NY).<br />
Additional specimens examined. COLOMBIA.<br />
CHOCO: Rio Fujiad6, afluente del Rio San Juan, 4?36'N, 2-128. Licania bracteata<br />
76?54'W, 7 Apr 1979 (fl), Forero et al. 4788 Prance, Fl. Neotrop.<br />
(COL,<br />
MO). VALLE: Mun. Buenaventura, Concesi6n Cart6n Monogr. 9:155. 1972.<br />
de Colombia, 15 Nov 1979 (fl), van Rooden et al. 358<br />
Distribution<br />
(NY, U), 6 Dec 1979 (fl), van Rooden et al. 553 (Fig. 29). This species was de-<br />
(NY,<br />
U).<br />
scribed from considerable material from the vi-<br />
BRAZIL. BAHIA: Mun. Una, Maruim, 28 Apr 1981 cinity of Manaus, Brazil, where it is quite com-<br />
(st), Mori et al. 13774 (CEPEC, NY), 1 May 1981 (st), mon in the forests on terra firme. Recently it has<br />
Mori et al. 13884 (NY), 13 May 1981 (st), Mori et al. also been collected in Peru.<br />
14000 (NY); Esta;ao Experimental Lemos Maia, 24<br />
Oct 1980 (fr), Rylands 42/80 (NY), 11 Nov 1980 (st), Additional specimens examined. PERU. LORETO: Rio<br />
Rylands 56/80 (NY).<br />
Nanay, Santa Maria, 30 May 1963 (fl, fr), Ar6stegui V.<br />
105 (US); Rio Nanay, 28 Oct 1965 (fl), A. G. Ruiz 224<br />
(NY, US).<br />
Local name. Peru: parinari.<br />
2-130.1. Licania lamentanda Prance, sp. nov.<br />
Type. Brazil. Bahia: Municipality of Ilheus, 4<br />
km N of Oliven9a on road to Ilheus, 19 Apr<br />
1981 (fl), S. A. Mori et al. 13673 (holotype,<br />
CEPEC; isotype, NY). Fig. 12.<br />
Species sectione Licania pertinens. Folia 12-<br />
16.5 cm longa, petiolo 1.1-1.5 cm longo, velu-<br />
tino-tomentello. Flores 4.5-5.5 mm longi, sta-<br />
minibus 6-7, ovario densissime tomentoso.<br />
Tree, the young branches shortly tomentellous,<br />
becoming glabrous with age. Leaf lamina ob-<br />
long-elliptic, coriaceous, 12-16.5 x 6-8.5 cm,<br />
subcuneate to rounded at base, rounded to apic-<br />
ulate at apex, glabrous above, with a short ap-<br />
pressed-lanate brown pubescence beneath; mid-<br />
rib prominulous above, prominent beneath;<br />
primary veins 10-12 pairs, prominulous above,<br />
prominent beneath, secondary venation promi-<br />
nulous, ca. more or less parallel at 90? to primary<br />
veins; petioles 1.1-1.5 cm long, velutinous-to-<br />
mentellous, terete or weakly canaliculate above,<br />
eglandular. Stipules caducous (not seen). Inflo-<br />
rescences of racemose panicles, 10-14 cm long,<br />
the rachis and branches shortly tomentellous.<br />
Bracts and bracteoles membranous, persistent,