Vol. 1 part 2 - Species Plantarum Programme

CHRYSOBALANACEAE (Licania)
Amazonian Colombia, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil. 82: VEN. 83: CLM, PER. 84: BZN (AM,
RR). River banks and river islands and in riverine forest on sandy soil. Map 221.
82. VENEZUELA: Amazonas, Dept. Casiquiare, Caño San Miguel, G.Aymard 9304 (K, PORT); Apure, Distr.
Pedro Camejo, S tip of Galeras de Cinaruco, G.Davidse & A.González 15619 (MO, NY). 83. COLOMBIA:
Meta, 9 km S of San Pedro de Arimena, F. di Giovanni 90 (COL); Caquetá, Río Caquetá, Caño Paujil, 9 km
NE of Araracuara, M.Sanchez S. 1843 (K); Vaupés, Río Kubiyu above confluence with Río Vaupés,
D.D.Soejarto & T.Lockwood 2388 (HUA). PERU: Loreto, Iquitos, J.Revilla 3628 (K, MO). 84. BRAZIL
NORTH: Amazonas, Rio Cuieiras, D.G.Campbell et al. P21834 (INPA, NY); Roraima, Rio Xeriuini, J.M.Pires
et al. 13957 (IAN, INPA, MO).
207. Licania velutina Prance, Kew Bull. 47: 638 (1992)
T: Ecuador: Pastaza, Pastaza Cantón, 20 km S of Curaray, V.Zak & S.Espinoza 5052; holo K; iso MO, QCNE.
Illustration: G.T.Prance, Kew Bull. 47: 639 (1992).
Map: G.T.Prance, Kew Bull. 47: 645 (1992).
Tree 20 m tall. Branches ferrugineous-velutinous-pubescent when young. Leaves with stipules
axillary, 6–9 mm long with margins fimbriate, densely tomentose; petioles 7–9 mm long,
terete, eglandular, densely tomentose; lamina oblong to oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, 9–11.5 ×
3–5.2 cm, with acumen 6–14 mm long, subcuneate at base, glabrous above, ferrugineousvelutinous-tomentose
and with deeply reticulate venation beneath; margins ciliate; midrib
slightly impressed and glabrous above; prominent and tomentose beneath; primary veins 9–12
pairs, plane above, prominent beneath. Inflorescences of terminal and subterminal racemose
panicles; rachis and branches densely ferrugineous-tomentose. Bracts and bracteoles triangular,
tomentose. Flower buds only seen. Receptacle campanulate, ferrugineous-tomentose on exterior,
tomentose within. Calyx lobes 5, tomentose. Petals absent. Stamens 5, included, inserted
around circle. Ovary pilose. Style hirsute on lower 1 /2. Fruit not seen.
Ecuador; known only by 2 collections from a single locality. 83: ECU. Tropical moist forest.
Map 222.
83. ECUADOR: Pastaza, Pastaza Cantón, 20 km S of Curaray, V.Zak & S.Espinoza 5053 (K, MO, QCNE).
208. Licania blackii Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9:167 (1972)
T: Brazil North: Tocantins [Goiás], Araguaína, G.T.Prance & N.T. da Silva 58989; holo: NY; iso: RB, UB.
Illustration: G.T.Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 166 (1972).
Map: G.T.Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 135 (1989).
Shrub or tree. Branches tomentellous when young, glabrescent, lenticellate. Leaves with stipules
linear, to 3 mm long, puberulous, subpersistent, adnate to base of petiole; petioles 7–12 mm
long, velutinous-tomentellous, terete, eglandular; lamina oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate,
coriaceous, 7–16 × 3–7.5 cm, acute to acuminate at apex with acumen 1–20 mm long,
rounded to subcuneate at base, glabrous, shiny above, deeply reticulate and lanate-arachnoid
pubescent beneath; midrib plane or slightly impressed above, glabrous; primary veins 5–7
pairs, prominent beneath, plane above. Inflorescences of terminal and subterminal racemose
panicles; rachis and branches tomentellous. Bracts and bracteoles 0.2–1.3 mm long,
triangular, persistent, pubescent. Flowers c. 2 mm long. Receptacle campanulate, sessile,
tomentose on exterior and within. Calyx lobes acute, tomentellous on both surfaces. Petals
absent. Stamens c. 6, unilateral; filaments glabrous, free to base, shorter than calyx lobes.
Ovary villous. Style pubescent to apex. Fruit pyriform; exocarp ferrugineous-velutinoustomentose;
pericarp hard, thin, fibrous, tomentose within.
Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil in eastern Amazonia, and S to the borders of the planalto central.
83: BOL, PER. 84: BZC (GO, MT), BZE (MA), BZN (AC, AM, AP, PA, RO, RR, TO).
Gallery forest and secondary forest in open places. Map 223.
83. BOLIVIA: Dept. Santa Cruz, Velasco, P. N. Noel Kempff Mercado, Quevedo et al. 2324 (K, MO). PERU:
Loreto, Prov. Requena, Río Ucayali, Arboreto Jenaro Herrera, M.Diaz 87A (NY). 84. BRAZIL NORTH:
Acre, Mun. de Sena Madureira, Nova Olinda, Rio Iaco, D.C.Daly et al. 7846 (K, NY); Amapá, Mun. de
Oiapoque, 109 km SSE of Oiapoque on road to Calçoene, S.A.Mori et al. 17193 (MG, NY); Amazonas, 90 km
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