Couepia impressa Prance

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Couepia impressa Prance

  • Type

    Type. Lima 54-1897, Brazil, Pernambuco, Mata Dois Irmãos, fl (holotype, IPA; isotype, IPA).

  • Description

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    Latin Diagnosis - Arbor, ramulis juvenilibus glabris. Stipulae circa 2.0 mm longae, subulatae, deciduae. Folia alternata, petiolata, petiolo 6.0-12.0 mm longo, glabro, supra canaliculata, eglanduloso; laminae oblongae vel oblongo-lanceolatae, 11.0-18.5 cm longae, 4.0-6.o cm latae, apice in acuminem 3.0-7.0 mm longum contractae, basi rotundatae, supra glabrae, subtus sparse pubescentes; costa media glabra; costis secundariis 18-23, subtus prominentibus, supra impressis. Flores in paniculis terminalibus dense griseo-pubescentibus dispositi. Bracteae bracteolaeque ovatae, 2.0-3.5 mm longae, caducae. Receptaculum subcampanulatum, 6.0-7.0 mm longum, sursum curvatum, extus griseo-puberulum, intus sub-fauce pilis longis deflexis dense tomentosum, versus basim glabrum. Calycis-lobi 5, acuti. Petala 5, decidua, margine breviter ciliata. Stamina 15-17, in orbem 2/3 disposita, basi brevi-ter connata. Ovarium ad faucem receptaculi insertum, villosum. Stylus e basi ovarii ortus, medio pubescens. Fructus mihi ignoti.

  • Discussion

    Couepia impressa is nearest the Amazonian C. trapezioana, but the latter species differs in the erect receptacle, the connate bases of the stamens, the yellow-brown tomentum of the inflorescence, and the smaller number of primary leaf veins. Couepia multiflora is also similar, but differs in the yellow-brown tomentum of the inflorescence, the greater number of stamens, the smaller number of primary leaf veins which are plane with the upper surface of the lamina, the petioles which are terete, and the midrib which is pubescent above.

  • Distribution

    Primary forest of northeastern Brazil.

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