Licania maxima Prance

• Authority

  Prance, Ghillean T. 1972. Chrysobalanaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 9: 1-410. (Published by NYBG Press)

• Family

  Chrysobalanaceae

• Scientific Name

  Licania maxima Prance

• Type

  Type. Maguire, Pires & Maguire 47081, Brazil, Terr. Amapá, Rio Oiapoque, fl (holotype, NY; isotypes, IAN, MG).

• Description

  
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  Latin Diagnosis - Arbor magna ad 32.0 m alta × 70.0 cm diametro; ramulis juvenilibus glabres-centibus, lenticellatis. Folia alternata petiolata, petiolo 6.0-7.0 mm longo, tereti vel leviter canaliculato, juvenili pubescente, eglanduloso; laminae oblongae, submem-branaceae, 6.5-10.5 cm longae, 2.5-4.7 cm latae, basi rotundatae vel subcuneatae, apice in acuminem 4.0-8.0 mm longum contractae, supra glabrae, subtus lanato-arachnoideae, profunde reticulatae; costa media supra glabra, plana vel basim versus leviter impressa; costis secundariis 8-10 jugis, subtus prominentibus, supra planis. Stipulae 4.0-5.0 mm longae, lanceolatae, persistentes, cum petiolo adnatae. Flores 2 mm longi, haud pedunculati, in paniculis racemosis terminalibus subter-minalibusque dispositi, rachi ramisque griseo-puberulis. Bracteae bracteolaeque ovatae vel lanceolatae, ad 2.0 mm longum, saepe cum floribus aequantes, persistentes, extus puberulae. Receptaculum campanulatum, sessile, extus griseo-tomentellum, intus tomentosum. Calycis-lobi acuti, utrinque tomentelli. Petala nulla. Stamina 5, in orbem completum disposita; filamenta glabra, ad basim libera, calycis-lobis breviora. Ovarium ad basim receptaculi insertum, villoso-tomentosum. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, calycis-lobis brevior, ad apicem pubescens. Fructus mihi ignoti.

• Discussion

  This distinct species is closest to L. mollis, but differs in the narrower membraneous leaves, the smaller flowers, the thinly puberulous inflorescence, and the fewer stamens.