flora neotropica - CNCFlora

54 Flora Neotropica
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FIG. 13. Licania nelsonii (Rodrigues 10501). A, habit; B, leaf undersurface; C, inflorescence; D, flower and
bracteole; E, flower section; F, ovary; G, floral diagram.
3 km south of Serra Araca, 0?49'N, 63?19'W, 16 Mar
1984 (fl), Miralha 67 (INPA, NY).
This species belongs to section Licania and is
most closely related to L. incana and L. leptostachya.
It is a much larger tree than either of
those species and differs in the densely crowded
inflorescences with a rufous pubescence when dry,
in the stipules which are adnate to the petioles
rather than axillary, in the leaves which are
broadest quite near to their base, and in the conspicuously
reticulate leaf undersurface.
This species is named for Bruce Walker Nel-
son, whose work in Brazil has made possible the
Projeto Flora Amazonica series of expeditions,
one of which collected the material of this new
species.
2-136. Licania paraensis Prance, Fl. Neotrop.
Monogr. 9: 163. 1972.
This poorly known species was described from
material collected near Santarem, Brazil (Ducke