Mollinedia neblinensis Maguire & Steyerm.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1989. The Botany of the Guayana Highland- Part XIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 51: 1-127.

  • Family

    Monimiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Mollinedia neblinensis Maguire & Steyerm.

  • Description

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    Latin Diagnosis - Arbor 5-8-metralis, ramis juvenilibus strigosis;foliis ovato-ellipticis apice basique acutis 10-17 cm longis, 4.5-8.5 cmlatis, costa media nervislateralibusque subtus strigosis aliter utrinque glabris;petiolis 0.8-2 cm longis strigosis; inflorescentiamasculina paniculata late ramosa axibusquattour late divaricatis 1-2 cm longis, axibustrifloris 1-2 cm longis adpresso-pilosis, pedicelli 6-9 mm longis; perianthio masculino 6-6.8 m mlongo, 9-10 mm lato, extus dense sericeo, perigoniiphyllis exterioribus duobus majoribus lateoblongis apice rotundatis 4 mm longis, 2.5 m mlatis, phyllis interioribus basi suborbicularibussupeme late rhomboideo-oblongis 3.5 mm longis3.5 mm latis; staminibus 13-15; inflorescentiafoeminea 4-flora; floribus longipedicellatis, pedicellis15-20 mm longis, dense sericeis; perianthiocupulato 5 mm longo 8 mm lato, perigoniiphyllis exterioribus suborbicularibus 3.5-4 m mlongis, 3 mm latis, phyllis interioribus suborbicularibusrotundatis 1.8 mm longis, 4 mm latis;

  • Discussion

    Type. Venezuela. Territorio Federal Amazonas: Cerro de la Neblina, escarpment slopes above C a m p 3, 1400-1700 m alt, 17 N o v 1957, Bassett Maguire, John J. Wurdack & Celia K. Maguire 42034 (holotype N Y , isotype V E N ) . Paratypes. Venezuela. Cerro de la Neblina, vie. C a m p 4, 1250 m alt., 30 Dec 1953, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36995, fmiting (NY). Brazil. Amazonas: Serra da Neblina, slopes of Pico Neblina, above Igarape Anta, 1400-1800 m alt., Silva & Brazao 60630 (NY).

    Mollinedia neblinensis is a member of sect. Appendiculatae Perk., and is related to M . ptariensis of eastem Venezuelan Guayana. Mollinedia neblinensis diflfers from M . ptariensis in the several- flowered pistillate inflorescence with longerpedicellate smaller flowers, longer outer perianth divisions, and fewer carpels. Also, its staminate inflorescence is larger, more widely branched, and bears more numerous flowers