Vol. 1 part 2 - Species Plantarum Programme

CHRYSOBALANACEAE (Parinari)
above; primary veins 17–25 pairs, extremely prominent beneath, impressed above. Inflorescences
of terminal and subterminal dense-flowered panicles, 3–5 cm long; rachis and branches light
brown tomentose. Bracts to 1 cm long, persistent, ferrugineous, tomentose on exterior,
enclosing flower buds in small groups. Receptacle subcampanulate-turbinate, brown-tomentose
on exterior, tomentose within. Petals 5, white, slightly shorter than calyx lobes. Stamens 5–7,
unilateral, with short tooth-like staminodes opposite them. Ovary and lower 2 /3 of style
densely pilose. Fruit unknown. Fig. 44.
Brazil (coastal Bahia). 84: BZE (BA). Littoral forest. Some collections of this species have
ants nests formed by the curvature of the leaves. Map 261.
84. BRAZIL NORTHEAST: Bahia, 28 km from Uruçuca road to Serra Grande, T.S. dos Santos 2305 (CEPEC, NY);
Bahia, Mun. de Uruçuca, 7.3 km N of Serra Grande road to Itacaré, W.W.Thomas et al. 8128 (CEPEC, K, NY).
8. Parinari campestris Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 517, t. 206 (1775)
Petrocarya campestris (Aubl.) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2: 287 (1799); Ferolia campestris (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis.
Gen. Pl. 1: 216 (1891). T: French Guiana, J.B.C.F.Aublet s.n.; holo: BM; photo: BR.
Balantium cordifolium Desv. ex Buch.-Ham., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid. 34 (1825). T: without locality, Herb.
A.N.Desvaux s.n.; holo: P.
Illustrations: J.B.C.F.Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane Atlas t. 206 (1775); G.T.Prance, Fl. Guianas 85: 102 (1986); Fl.
Venez. Guayana 4: 243 (1998).
Map: G.T.Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 194 (1989).
Tree to 25 m tall. Branches villous when young, becoming glabrous and greyish with age. Two
glands often present on young branches beneath point of petiole abscission. Leaves with stipules
broad, to 3 cm long, acute at apex, villous, semiamplexicaul, persistent; petioles 2–4 (–7) mm
long, pubescent when young, terete, with glands inconspicuous; lamina ovate, 6–13 × 3–6.5 cm,
with acumen 7–13 mm long, cordate at base, glabrous above, tomentose beneath; primary
veins 14–16 pairs, prominent beneath; midrib slightly impressed above. Inflorescences terminal
and axillary panicles; rachis and branches with short brown pubescence. Receptacle
subcampanulate-turbinate, short-brown-tomentellous on exterior. Petals 5, white, shorter than
calyx lobes. Stamens 7 fertile, unilateral, with 7 or 8 filamentous staminodes opposite them.
Ovary and lower portion of style densely hirsute. Fruit oblong, 4–6 × 2–3 cm broad; epicarp
lenticellate; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thick and hard, densely tomentose within.
Trinidad, the Guianas, and adjacent Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. 80: TRT. 82: FRG,
GUY, SUR, VEN. 83: CLM. 84: BZE (MA), BZN (AM, AP, PA, RR). River margins,
savanna margins, and open forests. Flowering continuously. Map 262.
80. TRINIDAD-TOBAGO: Trinidad, Cumuto Forest, R.O.Williams 12432 (K). 82. FRENCH GUIANA:
Kourou, Montagne des Singes, C.Feuillet 1388 (CAY). GUYANA: Berbice-Corentyne Region, Upper Canje R.,
J.J.Pipoly 11531 (K, US). SURINAME: Mapane Creek, J.Elburg LBB9387 (LBB, U, WIS). VENEZUELA:
Amazonas, Dept. Atabapo, Alto Río Orinoco, Caño Tamatama, G.Aymard & L.Delgado 8418 (K, PORT); Bolívar,
Dept. Sifontes, Mun. de Urdaneta, Mapauri, L.Hernández 160 (MYF, NY); Monagas, Guarapiche F. R., F.J.Breteler
5133 (NY, WAG). 83. COLOMBIA: Amazonas, Río Igara-Paraná, La Chorrera, C.Sastre 3443 (P).
84. BRAZIL NORTH: Amazonas, Rio Dimiti, upper Rio Negro, R.E.Schultes & Lopez 10029 (US); Pará, Ilha do
Mosqueiro, J.M.Pires 13149 (IAN); Roraima, Igarapé Iguapiri, trib. of Rio Surumu, J.M.Pires et al. 14508 (MG).
9. Parinari obtusifolia Hook.f., in C.F.P.Martius, Fl. Bras. 14(2): 52 (1867), as
Parinarium obtusifolium
Ferolia obtusifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 216 (1891). T: Brazil West-central: Goiás,
G.Gardner 3137; holo: K; iso: BM, CGE, E, F, NY, OXF, P.
Illustration: J.D.Hooker, in C.F.P.Martius, Fl. Bras. 14(2), t. 18(1) (1867); G.T.Prance & F.White, Philos.
Trans. B 320: 109 (1988).
Map: G.T.Prance, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9S: 197 (1989).
Suffrutex or small shrub 0.2–3 m tall. Branches tomentose when young, becoming glabrous
and lenticellate with age. Leaves with stipules to 3 mm long, caducous; petioles 2–3 mm
long, terete, densely tomentose, with 2 medial sessile glands; lamina oblong-elliptic, 5–10 ×
2.5–6 cm, obtuse to acute at apex, rounded to slightly cordate at base, glabrous or with short-
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