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2-149. Licania amapaensis Prance, Fl. Neotrop.
Monogr. 9: 174. 1972. Fig. 23.
Inflorescence paniculate, the flowers borne in
small cymules on short secondary branches.
Young fruit ovoid, densely ferrugineous-veluti-
nous-tomentose, longitudinally striate when dry;
Flora Neotropica
Additional specimens examined. COLOMBIA. mesocarp thin and fleshy; endocarp hard, 1.5
CHOCO: Cabo Corrientes, Rio Parguera, 27 May 1974 mm thick in young fruit, glabrous within.
(st), Warner 299 (COL). NARI/O: Tumaco, vic. of Sa- This
lahonda, 5 Jul 1955 (fr), Romero C. 5270 (COL). vALLE:
very distinct species with large stipules
Bajo Calima, 9 May 1961 (fl bud), Cabrera R. 553 was described from a single specimen with young
(COL), 18 Jul 1961 (fl), Cabrera R. 600 (COL). flower buds only. A recent collection, while also
only in bud, does have fruit and also adds to
inflorescence characters.
Additional specimens examined. FRENCH
GUIANA. Sail, Monts La Fum6e, 4 Nov 1982 (st),
Mori & Boom 15161 (NY).
BRAZIL. TERR. AMAPA: Agua Fria, 23 Oct 1979 (fl,
fr), Austin et al. 7180 (MG, NY). PARA: Belem, 2 Mar
1955 (st), T. N. Guedes 311 (IAN).
3. Parinari Aublet
Key to the American Species of Parinari
1. Stipules (5-)10-40 mm long, persistent, semiamplexicaul.
2. Leaf base subcordate to cordate, the apex blunt; inflorescence densely crowded. 3.1. P. alvimii.
2. Leaf base rounded to acute, the apex acuminate, inflorescence laxer.
3. Young branches with short soft pubescence; leaf base rounded to cordate. 1. P. campestris.
3. Young branches with dense stiff ferrugineous-brown hairs; leaf base cuneate to subcuneate.
3. P. rodolphii.
1. Stipules small, 1-4 mm long, caducous, axillary and not clasping stem.
4. Leaf undersurface white-lanate, the pubescence obscuring the stomatal cavities; subshrub or small
shrub. 16. P. obtusifolia.
4. Leaf undersurface with gray-brown pubescence not entirely obscuring the stomatal cavities; large
shrubs or trees.
5. Midrib distinctly impressed on leaf upper surface for entire length.
6. Leaf apex rounded to apiculate or bluntly acuminate on some leaves, with acumen to 3 mm
long; primary leaf veins 9-20 pairs.
7. Leaves orbicular to broadly elliptic, 2.5-6 cm long, 1.5-4.5 cm broad, the primary veins
9-14 pairs.
10. P. maguirei.
7. Leaves elliptic, 6.5-7.5 cm long, 3-4 cm broad, the primary veins 15-20 pairs.
11. P. littoralis.
6. Leaf apex with a well-developed acumen 7-15 mm long; primary leaf veins 21-30 pairs.
8. Leaves 9-17 cm long; petioles usually with two pairs of glands; flowers 6-9 mm long;
primary leaf veins more than 3 mm apart.
2. P. montana.
8. Leaves 2-7.5 cm long; petioles without distinct glands; flowers 5-6 mm long; primary leaf
veins 1-2 mm apart.
12. P. parvifolia.
5. Midrib impressed only on lower portion of upper surface, or not impressed.
9. Leaf base distinctly cordate or subcordate.
10. Leaves ovate, the acumen 10-12 mm long; petioles 6-12 mm long, glandular; inflorescences
much-branched, 5-6 cm long.
13. P. cardiophylla.
10. Leaves oblong, the acumen 1-3 mm long; petioles 3-4 mm long, eglandular; inflorescences
little-branched, 2-4 cm long.
17. P. romeroi.
9. Leaf base rounded to cuneate.
11. Primary leaf veins 28-35. 14. P. parilis.
11. Primary leaf veins 12-26.
12. Inflorescence a dense many-flowered corymbose panicle.
13. Inflorescence and flowers with yellow-brown pubescence; leaf apex acute or
short-acuminate, the acumen 0-4 mm long; young branches with short pubescence
only. 5. P. occidentalis.
13. Inflorescence and flowers with silver-gray pubescence; leaf apex with acumen
8-13 mm long; young branches with both short pubescence and long stiff hairs.
9. P. klugii.
12. Inflorescence a lax panicle, not corymbose.
14. Leaf ovate, with a well-developed slender acumen 9-16 mm long. 6. P. sprucei.
14. Leaf elliptic to oblong-lanate, the acumen 0-12 mm long.