Hirtella racemosa var. hexandra (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Prance

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hirtella racemosa var. hexandra (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Prance

  • Type

    Type. Humboldt & Bonpland sn, Venezuela, fl (holotype, B, Herb Willdenow 4850; isotype, P; photo, NY).

  • Synonyms

    Hirtella hexandra Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Hirtella americana var. hexandra (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Hook.f., Hirtella nitida Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult., Hirtella acayacensis Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Hirtella oblongifolia DC., Hirtella coriacea Zucc., Hirtella rosea Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Hirtella filiformis C.Presl, Hirtella americana var. oblongifolia (DC.) Hook.f., Hirtella racemosa var. oblongifolia (DC.) Standl.

  • Description

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    Description - Leaves 3.5-9.0 (-11.5) cm long, usually rounded to cuneate (very rarely subcordate) at base; venation usually prominently reticulate above; pedicels slender 4.0-10.5 mm long, eglandular; bracteoles with small sessile plane glands, or with a single apical gland only.

  • Discussion

    The following material is either intermediate between var racemosa and var hexandra, or is inadequate to determine to variety.

    NICARAGUA. Englesing 131 fl (F); Molina R. 1869 A (F, GH); Proctor et al 27213 fl (NY). COLOMBIA. Cauca, Gorgona Is.: St. George Exped. 607 fl (US). Amazonas: Schultes & Cabrera 13772 fl (GH, NY). VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Lasser 1492 fl (VEN); Steyermark & Gibson 95764 fr (NY); LI. Williams 12554 fr (F, US, VEN). Amazonas: Holt & Gehriger 244 fl (NY, P, S, US, VEN); Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 37471 ft (NY). GUYANA. Jenman 4287 fl bud (K, US). FRENCH GUIANA. For. Serv. 5111 fl (P); Irwin et al 47338 ft (NY). BRAZIL. Pará: Prance et al 1344 fr (K, NY); 58731 fr (NY); 58669 fl (NY). Terr. Amapá: Pires & Cavalcante 52619 fl (NY). Goiás: Prance et al 58642 fl (NY). Terr. Rondônia: Cordeiro & Silva 384 fl (NY). Alagoas: Netto sn fl (P).

  • Common Names

    Cerricillo, Escobilla, Jicaquillo, Aceituna, Pasta, Icaco montés, Wild pigeon plum, Wayamche, Murta, Serrecio, Jicaquillo, Ajurarana, Coracão de Negro, Murtinha, Pucca varilla, Varilla caspi

  • Distribution

    Growing in a wide range of open habitats, especially open river banks and rocky islands, lower forest slopes, savanna margins, and in disturbed secondary forest. From central Mexico through Central America to Panama, in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Amazonia to Bolivia, and in northeastern Brazil.

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