flora neotropica - CNCFlora

70 Flora Neotropica
above, densely brown-arachnoid pubescent be- midrib prominulous above, prominent and alneath;
midrib prominulous above, prominent most glabrous beneath, with only a few short stiff
beneath; primary veins 8-14 pairs, slightly im- hairs; primary veins 16-20 pairs, plane above,
pressed above, prominulous beneath; petioles 2- prominent beneath; petioles 6-10 mm long, gla-
5 mm long, canaliculate, rugulose, puberulous. brous, rugulose, terete. Stipules linear, to 1 mm
Stipules minute, lanceolate, caducous. Inflores- long, subpersistent. Inflorescences terminal and
cences terminal and subterminal racemes 3.5- subterminal racemes, the rachis densely yellow-
5.5 cm long, the rachis densely yellow-brown- brown-sericeous-tomentose. Bracteoles ovate, 6-
tomentellous. Bracts and bracteoles caducous. 7 mm long, tomentose on exterior, caducous.
Receptacle subcylindrical, 4-6 mm long, densely Receptacle subcylindrical, 7-8 mm long, yellowtomentellous
on exterior, glabrous within except brown-sericeous on exterior, glabrous within;
for deflexed hairs at throat. Calyx lobes five, acute. pedicels 0.5 mm long. Calyx lobes five, acute.
Petals five, sparsely pubescent on exterior, with Petals five, glabrous on exterior, the margins cilciliate
margins. Stamens ca. 26, inserted around iate. Stamens ca. 35, inserted around complete
complete circle, glabrous except for mass of hair circle, filaments exserted. Ovary pilose. Style
around interior of united bases of filaments. Style densely hirsute to apex. Fruit not seen.
densely pubescent for three-fourths of its length. Habitat. Rain forest on clay soil.
Ovary densely lanate. Fruit ellipsoid, 5 x 3 cm; Local name. milho torrado.
exocarp smooth, glabrous; mesocarp thin, fleshy; Uses. The wood is used for railroad ties.
pericarp ca. 3 mm thick.
This species belongs to the Couepia magno-
Distribution and habitat (Fig. 115). Cloud for- liifolia superspecies and is the first of that group
est dominated by Clusia and Colpothrinax cookii to be found in eastern Brazil. The four related
at 1000 m, on Cerro Jefe, Panama.
species occur in Amazonia and the Guianas. It
differs from C.
Additional specimens examined. PANAMA. PANAMA:
spicata and C. habrantha in the
Cerro Jefe, 1000 m, Sep 1972 (fr), Gentry 6172 smaller and
(MO,
caducous bracteoles, the narrow
NY); Cerro Jefe trail on ridge NE from summit, 1000 leaves and the greater number of stamens. It difm,
18 Dec 1974 (fr), Mori & Nee 3741 (MO, NY). fers from C. magnoliifolia and C. reflexa in the
This species also belongs to the smaller,
Couepia magnarrowly
oblong leaves, the glabrous,
not
noliifolia superspecies and extends that ferrugineous-pubescent, lower surface of the
group
from the Guianas to Panama. It is related to, but leaves, and in the greater number of stamens. It
quite distinct from, C. habrantha and
is
C.
most
magclosely
related to the Central Amazonian
noliifolia, differing in the much smaller
C.
leaves
habrantha. Couepia carautae is completely
with fewer primary veins and shorter petioles. It
different from the only two other species of eastdiffers
from C. carautae in the small and
ern Brazil with racemose
elliptic
inflorescences, C. inleaves
with a densely pubescent undersurface. signis and C. bondarii, both of which have much
larger leaves and flowers. Couepia carautae is one
6-13.2. Couepia carautae
of
Prance, sp. nov.
the few species of Couepia without a lanate
Type.
Brazil. Espirito Santo: Linhares, Reserva Flo- pubescence on the lower leaf surfaces and in this
restal de CVRD, Estrada 143A6, km
character it differs from all other eastern Brazil-
1.430,
Talhao 601, 24
ian
Jan 1978 (fl), J. Spada 31/78 species.
It is with
(holotype, INPA; isotype, NY). Figs. 16, 99.
pleasure that I name this species for
Dr. Pedro Carauta of Rio de Janeiro, who has
Species C. magnoliifoliae affinis, sed foliis sub- done much to provide interesting material for
tus glabris minoribus oblongo-lanceolatis, stami- my studies of Chrysobalanaceae.
nibus 35, receptaculo extus brunneo-tomentoso
differt; a C. habranthae foliis subtus glabris, brac-
6-14.
teolis minoribus caducis, staminibus 35 differt.
Couepia spicata Ducke, Arq. Inst. Biol. Veg.
2:
Tree 22 m
36. 1935.
tall, the young branches glabrous.
Leaf lamina narrowly oblong, coriaceous, 7-10 Distribution (Fig. 115). This species, known in
x 2-3.3 cm, subcuneate at base, acuminate at 1972 only from the type found near Manaus,
apex, the acumen 4-7 mm long, finely pointed, appears to be rather widely distributed.
glabrous above, glabrous and waxy beneath; Habitat. It is a species of forest on terra firme.