Grias theobromicarpa Cornejo & S.A.Mori

  • Filed As

    Lecythidaceae
    Grias theobromicarpa Cornejo & S.A.Mori ( type )

  • Collector(s)

    X. Cornejo 8083, 18 Jan 2009

  • Location

    Ecuador. Pichincha. Sr. Romero private property adjacent to Santa Lucía Reserve, along the trail from Maquipucuna Biological Reserve.

  • Habitat

    Secondary wet forest. Sympatric with Panopsis megistosperma (Proteaceae). Infrequent.

  • Description

    Unbranched or 2-branched tree, 8 m tall, 9 cm dbh. Flowers and fruits cauline, sessile to subsessile. Calyx green; corolla pearl-white, pinkish-white in bud, the petals erect and adaxially concave until post anthesis, cleistogamous?; stamens 2/3 basally fused. Fruits prominently ribbed when fresh, green and brown variegated, 1-seeded. Leaf blades to ca. 150 x 40 cm, with sunken dots beneath, ca. 46 pairs of lateral nerves. Litter trapper species. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample for DNA studies

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1163492

    Occurrence ID: 3c257e61-9bb1-4e65-b646-b2cfdefdb2e5

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Pichincha

  • Locality

    Sr. Romero private property adjacent to Santa Lucía Reserve, along the trail from Maquipucuna Biological Reserve

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1505 m. (4938 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    0.12155, -78.6178

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

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