Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an ... - CNCFlora

Coussapoa
FIG. 28. Coussapoafloccosa: 1, leafy twig with pistillate inflorescences
(Irwin 2058).
latter in having a narrower lamina, a smaller
number of lateral veins, and a relatively short
petiole. Pistillate inflorescences are needed to decide
whether this taxon is distinct from C. crassivenosa
at the specific or only intraspecific level.
17. Coussapoa floccosa Akkermans & C. C. Berg,
Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Ser. C, 85(4):
451. 1982. Type. Brazil. Minas Gerais: Vi9osa,
16 Nov 1935 (2), Kuhlmann 2074 (holotype,
RB; isotypes, RB, U, US). Fig. 28.
Tree or shrub, (mostly?) hemi-epiphytic.
Leafy twigs 10-15 mm thick, (rather) densely
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puberulous to (sub)hirsute. Lamina coriaceous,
elliptic to ovate or obovate, 10-25 x 6-17 cm,
apex rounded to obtuse or to emarginate, base
obtuse to rounded to cordate, margin entire; upper
surface often densely covered with white
arachnoid hairs which later disappear, lower surface
hirtellous to subtomentellous on the veins,
the whole surface sparsely to densely covered
with white arachnoid hairs, later deciduous; lateral
veins 7-10 pairs, (main) basal pair distinctly
branched, reaching the margin at or above the
middle of the lamina; intercostal venation very
prominent; petiole 1.5-5 cm long, tomentose to
densely hirtellous; stipules 1-2.5 cm long, white
to brownish appressed-puberulous to strig(ill)ose