Clusiaceae s. l. (Calophyllaceae, Clusiaceae s. s. and Hypericaceae) in the Viruá National Park, Roraima, Brazil
Author
Cabral, Fernanda Nunes
Museu da Amazônia, MUSA, Avenida Margarida, s. n., Cidade de Deus, 69099 - 415, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. & Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia e Recursos Naturais, Av. Djalma Batista, 3586, Flores, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Author
Bittrich, Volker
R. Mario de Nucci, 500, 13083 - 290 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Author
Hopkins, Michael John Gilbert
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, 69060 - 001, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
text
Phytotaxa
2017
2017-11-24
329
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.329.1.1
journal article
10.11646/phytotaxa.329.1.1
1179-3163
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Clusia microstemon
Planchon & Triana (1860: 331)
(
Fig. 4A–C
)
Type:—
BRAZIL
. Amazonas: Rio Uaupés,
October 1852
, fl.,
Spruce 2511
(
holotype
:
P
, barcode 01901205,
isotypes
:
BR
, barcode
0000008676702,
C
, barcode 10009454,
E
, barcode 00326699,
G
, barcode 00355089,
GH
, barcode 00026868,
K
, barcode 000820682,
LD
, barcode 1060294,
NY
, barcode 380975). =
Clusia gaudichaudii
Planchon & Triana (1860: 359)
,
nom. illeg
.
Shrubs, small trees up to
3 m
or hemiepiphytes. Exudate yellowish to yellowish-brown. Lamina subcoriaceous to coriaceous, oboval or elliptical to oblanceolate, (3.5–)4.4–14 ×
2.6–8.1 cm
, apex obtuse, rounded to acute or subacute, base attenuate and acute; exudate channels conspicuous on both surfaces, distant 1.2–3.0 mm; secondary veins conspicuous on both surfaces, 13–38 pairs, distant
1.7–2.5 mm
; petiole (6.5–)
8.2–38.4 mm
long. Inflorescence: staminate plants with clustered flowers; pistillate plants with clustered or solitary flowers; pedicels 0.8–1.0 cm long. Sepals 4, 7.0–10.6 ×
7.2–10.3 mm
, white to slightly pink. Petals 5–7, 13.7–19.6 ×
12.1–15.4 mm
, violet-pink or white and violet-pink adaxially, white-pinkish abaxially. Staminate flowers with stamens numerous, ca. 1600, densely compact,
1.8–2.2 mm
long, forming a flattened synandrium with sessile anthers on top,
8–9 mm
wide, the lateral side of the disk with anthers, covered with resin-pollen mix during anthesis. Pistillate flower with 2 series of staminodes around the base of the ovary, with resin at the apex; stigma 4–6,
2–4 mm
long, covered with small rounded papilla. Fruit cylindrical to ovoid, 1.0–1.4 × 1.0–
1.4 cm
; sepals and stigmas persistent. Seeds with yellowish-orange aril.
Phenology
:—Flowering June to September; fruiting January.
Distribution and habitat
:—
Brazil
,
Colombia
and
Venezuela
. In
Brazil
, it occurs in the north region (states of
Acre
,
Amapá
, Amazonas, Pará,
Rondônia
and
Roraima
), and in the northern central-west region (state of
Mato Grosso
). In VNP, it is found in white-sand vegetation and at river margins.
Specimens examined
:—
BRAZIL
.
Roraima
:
Caracaraí
,
Viruá National Park
,
elevation
11 m
, 1º47’81’’N,
61º01’18’’W
,
28 January 2010
, fr.,
Cabral
et al. 190 (
INPA
)
;
Ibid.
,
24 July 2010
, fl.,
Cabral
et al. 249 (
INPA
)
;
Ibid.
,
24 July 2010
, fl.,
Cabral
et al. 251
A
(
INPA
)
;
Ibid.
,
16 September 2010
, fl.,
Cabral
et al. 287 (
INPA
)
;
Ibid.
,
15 January 2011
, fr.,
Cabral
et al. 337 (
INPA
)
.
Additional specimens
:—
BRAZIL
. Amazonas: Entre
Paraná
da Floresta e boca do rio Branco. Praia do Gavião,
26 June 1979
, fl.,
Maia
et al. 57 (INPA)
.
Taxonomic notes
:—For differences between
Clusia microstemon
and
C. nitida
see notes under
C. nitida
.