Hirtella burchellii Britton

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Chrysobalanaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hirtella burchellii Britton

  • Type

    Types. Rusby 1222, Bolivia, fl (holotype, NY; isotypes, BM, F, GH, K, LE, MICH, P, US); Burchell 6331, Brazil, Goiás, fl (paratypes, GH, K, P); 6416 fl (paratypes, GH, K); 657/ fl (paratypes, K, P).

  • Synonyms

    Hirtella pulchra Fritsch, Hirtella collina S.Moore, Hirtella sprucei Benth. ex Hook.f., Hirtella plumbea Pilg.

  • Description

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    Description - Tree to 6.0 m tall or shrub, the young branches pilose-tomentellous. Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, 10.0-20.0 cm long, 2.5-5.0 cm broad, acuminate at apex, with acumen 5.0-11.0 mm long, subcordate to rounded at base, hirsute or glabrous with hirsute primary venation beneath, the palisade glands frequent towards base; primary veins 10-15 pairs, prominulous above, prominent beneath; petioles 2.0-3.0 mm long, pilose, terete, eglandular. Stipules 6.0-10.0 mm long, linear, persistent, eglandular, sparsely hirsute. Inflorescences terminal and axillary racemes 9.0-30.0 cm long, the rachis pilose-tomentellous. Bracts and bracteoles 2.0-5.0 mm long, linear-lanceolate, hirsute, persistent, with sessile glands and often with a glandular apex. Flowers ca 5.0 mm long. Receptacle campanulate, puberulous to pilose-hirsute on exterior, glabrous within except at throat; pedicels 1.0-3.0 mm long, most with a single stipitate gland arising near base. Calyx lobes 5, sparsely hirsute on exterior, sparsely puberulous within. Petals 5, white to purple, glabrous. Stamens 4-5, unilateral, with short filamentous or toothed staminodes opposite them, the filaments glabrous, far exceeding calyx lobes. Style hirsute up to one third its length. Ovary inserted midway up receptacle or towards its base, pilose. Fruit ellipsoid; epicarp smooth, glabrous; mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thin, hard, bony, hirsute within.

  • Discussion

    There are no significant differences to distinguish specimens bearing the various names placed in synonymy under H. burchellii.

    Flowering throughout the year.

  • Distribution

    Gallery forest and forest on high ground in Goiás and Mato Grosso, Brazil, west to Bolivia.

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