list of figures - Terry Sunderland

December 6, 1984 (WAG!); le Testu 1712, Region de Nyanga (02.14N:11.27E); Fl., July 3, 1919 (K!,
BR!, MO!); Mann 1045, Gaboon River (00.19N:09.29E) Fl., 1861 (K!); Rietsma 2047, 15km NW of
Libreville (00.35N:09.22E) Fr., March 21, 1986 (LBR!); ANGOLA: Gossweiler 7995, Mayombe,
Luali (05.00S:12.25E) sterile, 1919 (K!)
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Laccosperma acutiflorum (Becc.) J. Dransf.
(Latin) refers to acuminate calyx lobes
J. Dransf. in Kew Bull. 37(30): 456 (1982); Tuley in Palms of Africa 37: (1995);
Cable & M. Cheek in Pl. of Mt. Cam. 179: (1998).
Ancistrophyllum acutiflorum Becc. in Webbia 3: 255 (1910); Hutch. in F.W.T.A. 2:
391 (1936); Guinea-Lopez in Ensayo Geobot. de la Guinea Cont. Espanola 243:
(1942); Aedo et al. Bases Docs. Fl. de Guinea Ecuatorial 375: (1999); Type:
Cameroon, Limbe to Bimbia, Preuss 1232 (holotype B†; isotype FI!)
A. secundiflorum sensu T.A. Russell in F.W.T.A. 3(2):167 (1968) partim non Becc.;
H.E. Moore in Principes 15:112 (1971) partim non Becc.
Clustering robust to massive palm climbing to 70 m, more commonly to 30-50 m.
Stems without sheaths 3.5-4.5 cm, with 4.5-5 cm; internodes up to 40 cm long, more
commonly 18-25 cm. Leaf sheath light green-yellowish, conspicuously striate,
moderately to sparsely armed with angular, black-tipped, spreading or upward
pointing, spines, mature sheaths becoming somewhat bare, with only vestigial remains
of spines, covered with sparse black-brown indumentum; ocrea 12-20 cm long
(although up to 40 cm long on juvenile sheaths only), broadly sheathing and tapering
to form a rounded lobe, dry, sometimes splitting longitudinally, light grey-brown
without, deep crimson brown within, armed as the sheath although spines often
concentrated in central region of ocrea. Leaves up to 3.5 m long; petiole 6-10 cm long
x 2-3 cm. wide, much longer on juvenile sheaths (up to 45 cm) light green to dull
yellow, with sparse light brown indumentum beneath, abaxially rounded, adaxially
flattened or slightly concave, armed along the margins with inequidistant black-tipped,
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