Chrysophyllum januariense Eichler

  • Authority

    Pennington, Terence D. 1990. Sapotaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 52: 1-750. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Sapotaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Chrysophyllum januariense Eichler

  • Type

    Type. Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Laranjeiras, Glaziou 2558 [2598] (lectotype, here chosen, K; isolectotypes, A, BR, IAN, MG, P, R).

  • Synonyms

    Villocuspis januariense (Eichler) Aubrév. & Pellegr.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Tree; young shoots shortly and densely ferrugineous-villose, eventually glabrous, greyish-straw coloured, rough and suberous, without lenticels. Leaves 6.8-11.6 × 3-5 cm, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, apex acute or narrowly attenuate, base truncate, sub-glabrous above, lower surface with villose midrib and uniformly pubescent lamina, indumentum of erect ferruginous hairs; venation brochidodromous, midrib sunken on the upper surface, secondary veins 9-13 pairs, parallel, straight; intersecondaries moderate to long; tertiaries forming an open reticulum. Petiole 4-6 mm long, ferruginous villose. Fascicles 2-12-flowered. Pedicel 4-5 mm long, villous. Flowers bisexual. Sepals (four-)five, 2.25-2.5 mm long, broadly ovate, apex obtuse or rounded, villose outside, glabrous inside. Corolla ca. 3.5 mm long, tube about equalling the lobes, lobes five, broadly ovate, apex obtuse or rounded, glabrous. Stamens five, fixed about one-third up the corolla tube; filaments ca. 1 mm long, glabrous; anthers ca. 1 mm long, broadly lanceolate, apiculate, sparsely villose. Ovary narrowly ovoid or conical, tapering to the style, five-locular, pubescent; style 1-1.25 mm long after anthesis, glabrous; style-head minutely lobed. Fruit unknown. Field characters. A large tree, with russet flowers (sepals). Flowering Jan to Feb.

  • Distribution

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in lowland coastal rainforest.

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