SPECIES PLANTARUM — FLORA OF THE WORLD (2003) Figure 37. Exellodendron. A–F, E. coriaceum. A, habit; B, 1 /2 flower; C, petal; D, ovary section; E, infructescence; F, fruit (A, G.T.Prance et al. 23131; B–D, B.Maguire et al. 31039; E–F, G.T.Prance et al. 11471). G, E. barbatum. Young inflorescence showing bracts and flower buds (G.T.Prance & N.T. Silva 58727). H, E. gardneri. Young shoot showing bud scales and stipules (H.S.Irwin et al. 14591). Scale bars: A, E, G, H = 5 cm; B = 5 mm; C, D = 3 mm; F = 2 cm. Drawn by Rosemary Wise. Previously published in G.T.Prance & F.White, Philos. Trans. B 320: 101 (1988). 184
CHRYSOBALANACEAE (Exellodendron) 150 km S of Balsas, J.A.Ratter et al. 6856 (E, K, UB); Bahia, Município de Correntina, 110 km SW of Correntina, B.M.T.Walter et al. 286 (CEN, K). BRAZIL WEST-CENTRAL: Goiás, Estrada Mimoso do Oeste, Taguatinga, B.A.S.Pereira et al. 1612 (IBGE, K). 3. Exellodendron barbatum (Ducke) Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 199 (1972) Parinari barbata Ducke, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 3: 45 (1922), as Parinarium barbatum. T: Brazil North: Pará, Tapajós R., Maranhão Cataract, A.Ducke RB 16385; holo: RB; iso: F, NY, P, R. Illustrations: G.T.Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 198 (1972); Fl. Guianas 85: 22 (1986); Fl. Venez. Guayana 4: 211 (1998); G.T.Prance & F.White, Philos. Trans. B 320: 101 (1988). Map: G.T.Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 201 (1989). Tree to 20 m tall. Leaves with stipules to 1.5 mm long, caducous; petioles 4–5 mm long, canaliculate above, usually covered by silvery grey hairs; lamina oblong, 8–11 × 2.5–3.5 cm, cuneate at base, with acumen 1–2.5 cm long, glabrous on both surfaces; midrib prominent on both surfaces; primary veins 10–15 pairs, not prominent. Inflorescences rather lax terminal or axillary panicles, with short grey pubescence. Bracts and bracteoles 1–3 mm long, membranous. Receptacle subcampanulate, swollen slightly to 1 side, silvery grey-tomentose on interior and exterior. Calyx lobes sharply pointed. Petals 5, white, caducous. Stamens 7, with 7 or 8 filamentous staminodes opposite them. Ovary and base of style villous. Fruit oblong, 2–2.5 cm long, 1–1.5 cm broad; epicarp smooth and glabrous; mesocarp thin and fleshy; endocarp thin, hard, with a smooth surface, sparsely hirsutulous within. Fig. 37G. Venezuela, Guianas and Amazonian Brazil. 82: FRG, GUY, SUR, VEN. 84: BZE (MA), BZN (AM, PA, RR). Riverine and non-flooded forest. Map 240. 82. FRENCH GUIANA: Montagnes de Trinité, J.J.de Granville et al. 6121 (BR, CAY, NY, P, U). GUYANA: Kassikaitya R., U. Takutu-U., Essequibo, D.Clarke 4714 (K, US). SURINAME: Falawatra, H.Jiménez-Saa 1599 (BBS, NY). VENEZUELA: Bolívar, Caño Sucio, S of La Paragua, 4 km E of Río Abu, J.A.Steyermark 86828 (VEN). 84. BRAZIL NORTH: Amazonas, Santo Antônio de Abonari, Manaus-Caracaraí, km 220, G.T.Prance et al. 24297 (INPA, NY); Roraima, foothills of Serra Tepequem, near Igarapé Papará, G.T.Prance et al. 4355 (INPA, NY); Pará, Mun. de Oriximiná, Rio Trombetas, Lago Erepecu, C.A.Cid Ferreira et al. 1627 (INPA, NY). BRAZIL NORTHEAST: Maranhão, Mun. de Santa Luzia, Fazenda Cacique, M.G.Lobo et al. 270 (MG, NY); Maranhão, Mun. de Monção, 4 km NW of Urutawy, W.L.Balée 326 (MG, NY). 4. Exellodendron gardneri (Hook.f.) Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 199 (1972) Parinari gardneri Hook.f., in C.F.P.Martius, Fl. Bras. 14(2): 50 (1867), as Parinarium gardneri; Ferolia gardneri (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 216 (1891). T: Brazil West-Central: Goiás, Natividade, G.Gardner 1266; holo: K; iso: OXF. Illustrations: J.D.Hooker, in C.F.P.Martius, Fl. Bras. 14(2), t. 17(1) (1867); G.T.Prance & F.White, Philos. Trans. B 320: 101 (1988). Map: G.T.Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 202 (1989). Shrub to 1.5 m tall. Leaves with stipules to 1 mm long, caducous; petioles 2–3 mm long, shallowly canaliculate, silvery grey-lanate; lamina oblong-ovate, 3.5–6.5 × 2–3 cm, cuneate to rounded at base, short-acuminate at apex with acumen 3–5 mm long, glabrous above, glabrous or with sparse caducous pubescence beneath; midrib prominent on both surfaces; primary veins 6–8 pairs, prominulous on both surfaces. Inflorescences terminal panicles; rachis and branches grey-puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles 0.5–2 mm long. Receptacle subcampanulate, swollen slightly at 1 side, silvery grey-puberulous to glabrescent on exterior. Calyx lobes 5, pointed. Petals 5. Stamens 7, with short filamentous staminodes opposite them. Ovary and base of style pilose. Fruit 2 × 1.2 cm, ellipsoid; exocarp smooth, glabrous; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thin, hard, bony, densely lanate within. Fig. 37H. Central Brazil, Rondônia and Bahia. 84: BZC (GO), BZE (BA), BZN (RO). Cerrado. Map 241. 84. BRAZIL NORTH: Rondônia, Vilhena-Pimenta Bueno, km 640–645, M.G.Vieira et al. 995 (INPA, NY). BRAZIL NORTHEAST: Bahia, Mun. de Abaíra, Catolés-Abaíra, 4 km from Catolés, W.Ganev 1421 (K); Bahia, 26 km N of Seabra, road to Água de Rega, H.S.Irwin et al. 30786 (NY); Bahia, Barra, Mun. de Abaíra, B.Stannard, W.Ganev & R.F.Queiroz H51649 (K, UB). BRAZIL WEST-CENTRAL: Goiás, 8 km W of Monte Alegre, W.R.Anderson 6873 (NY, UB). 185
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