The genus Trichoscypha (Anacardiaceae) in Upper Guinea: A synoptic revision
Author
Breteler, F. J.
text
Adansonia
2001
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5180184
1639-4798
5180184
7.
Trichoscypha laxissima
Breteler
,
sp. nov.
Trichoscyphae
baldwinii Keay
affinis sed foliolis laevibus non pustulatis, inflorescentia lax et pedicellis longioribus differt;
Trichoscyphae
cavalliensis Aubrév. & Pellegr.
affinis sed floribus multo majoribus differt.
TYPUS
. —
Stoop -
van de Kasteele
186
,
Liberia
,
Snofere Beach, Ƌ fl. Aug. (holo-, WAG).
Shrublet. Branchlets appressed-puberulous. Leaves 2-3-jugate, petiole, rachis and the
2-3 mm
long petiolules apressed-puberulous; leaflets papery, smooth, ovate-elliptic, 2.5-3 times as long as wide, 6-9 ×
2.5-3 cm
, shortly cuneate at base, apex caudate-acuminate, the acumen
1-1.5 cm
long, often curved, obtuse to emarginate; lateral nerves 9-13 pairs, rather obscure on both sides; midrib above with an erect-hairy furrow, leaflets otherwise glabrous except for a few hairs on the midrib beneath and the top of the acumen. Male inflorescence terminal, very lax, nearly glabrous. Flowers pink, ± concentrated at the ends of the lateral branches, 4-merous, glabrous. Pedicel
10- 12 mm
long; calyx ±
1 mm
long, shallowly lobed; petals ovate-elliptic, 3.5 ×
2 mm
, spreading; stamens shorter than petals,
3 mm
long, anthers ±
0.7 mm
long; disc quadrate, ± flat. Female flower unknown. Fruit unknown. —
Figs. 6
,
9.
HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION. — Only known from the
type
locality near
Monrovia
,
Liberia
, a riverbank in the
Firestone Plantation
.