flora neotropica - CNCFlora

Systematic Treatment 59
Additional specimens examined. COLOMBIA.
CHOCO: Hoya del Rio San Juan, Quebrada Cunperro,
below Noanama, 8 Apr 1979 (fr), Forero et al. 4862
(COL, MO, NY); basin of Rio San Juan, Rio Taparal,
Nov-Dec 1979 (fr), van Rooden et al. 586 (COL, MO,
NY).
3-17. Parinari romeroi Prance, Fl. Neotrop.
Monogr. 9: 400. 1972.
Distribution (Fig. 92). This species, described
4. Exellodendron Prance
from two collections from the Department of
Narifto, Colombia, is now also known from the
nearby forests of Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Additional specimen examined. ECUADOR. ESME-
RALDAS: Borb6n, 8 Sep 1965 (fr), Little & Dixon 21014
(NY, US).
Local name. cuero de sapo.
The distribution of the genus is shown in Figure 93, that of Exellodendron barbatum and E.
cordatum in Figure 94, and E. coriaceum, E. gardneri, and E. gracile in Figure 95.
4-5. Exellodendron
gracile (Kuhlmann) Prance,
Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 200. 1972.
This most distinctive species of Exellodendron
was known only by the fruiting type in Prance
(1972). It is obviously now very rare, since it
occurs only in the much destroyed forest of Es-
pirito Santo, Brazil. A new collection shows that
E. gracile has flowers typical of the genus.
5-1. Maranthes panamensis (Standley) Prance &
White, Brittonia 37: 76. 1985. Fig. 153.
5. Maranthes Blume
Distribution. This species was placed in synonymy
under the Malesian Maranthes corymbosa
by Prance (1972) and appeared to be restricted
to Cerro Jefe in Panama in this
hemisphere. It has now been collected in the
province of Heredia in Costa Rica and in Nicaragua,
and so, like Licania affinis, occurs in these
moist forested areas of Central America. This
confirms that M. panamensis is native to Central
America and not introduced, as originally suggested
by Prance (1968). The good material now
available confirms that the single neotropical
6. Couepia Aublet
Revised Key to Species of Couepia
Additional specimen examined. BRAZIL. ESPiRITO
SANTO: Reserva Florestal Linhares, Estrada 161, 22
Jan 1973 (fl), Spada 151 (INPA, RB 162365).
Local name. guaiti-mirim.
This is noted as a tree 34 m tall of the "mata
de taboleiro."
species of this otherwise African and Malesian
genus is quite distinct.
Additional specimens examined. NICARAGUA.
ZELAYA: Rio Barbereba, 5 km from Nueva Guinea,
16?47'N, 84?29'W, 27 Aug 1982 (fr), Araquistain 3149
(MO).
COSTA RICA. HEREDIA: Finca la Selva, Rio Puerto
Viejo, 25 Feb 1982 (fl), Hammel 11260 (NY), 5 Apr
1982 (fr), Hammel & Schatz 11577 (NY).
PANAMA. PANAMA: Cerro Jefe, 8 Aug 1968 (fr),
Correa & Dressier 958 (MO, NY), 29 Jul 1967 (fr),
Dwyer & Gauger 7324 (COL); Cerro Azure, 11 Mar
1977 (fl), Folsom et al. 1949 (MO, NY). CANAL ZONE:
Pipeline Rd., 9 km NW of Gamboa, 29 Oct 1973 (fr),
Nee 7675 (MO, NY).
1. Inflorescence a raceme or spike.
2. Leaves prominently reticulate beneath, with conspicuous parallel primary veins; exocarp often tomentellous.
3. Inflorescence with short silver-gray pubescence; receptacle turbinate; bracteoles caducous.
28. C. elata.
3. Inflorescence with dense ferrugineous or gray-puberulous pubescence; receptacle cylindrical to
obconical; bracteoles usually persistent.