Vantanea maculicarpa (Humiriaceae): A new tree species from French Guiana
A new species of Humiriaceae, Vantanea maculicarpa, growing in French Guiana terra-firme forest is described and illustrated. This new species is distinguished from all other species of Vantanea by fruits covered by white lenticels, a character so far unknown in this genus. It also presents a pubescent intrastaminal disk, a feature encountered in two other Vantanea species only: it is further distinguished from V. parviflora, the morphologically most similar species, by more stamens and from V. ovicarpa by a much smaller rough endocarp with five valves. A key to the species of French Guiana and the IUCN status Least Concern (LC) are proposed.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | F70 - Taxonomie végétale et phytogéographie, flore, taxonomie, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2983, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7631, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3093, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3081, |
| Online Access: | http://agritrop.cirad.fr/592276/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/592276/1/34426-123262-1-PB.pdf |
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| Summary: | A new species of Humiriaceae, Vantanea maculicarpa, growing in French Guiana terra-firme forest is described and illustrated. This new species is distinguished from all other species of Vantanea by fruits covered by white lenticels, a character so far unknown in this genus. It also presents a pubescent intrastaminal disk, a feature encountered in two other Vantanea species only: it is further distinguished from V. parviflora, the morphologically most similar species, by more stamens and from V. ovicarpa by a much smaller rough endocarp with five valves. A key to the species of French Guiana and the IUCN status Least Concern (LC) are proposed. |
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