Guatteria bernardii R.E.Fr.

Maas, P. J. M., Westra, L. Y. T., Guerrero, S. Arias, Lobão, A. Q., Scharf, U., Zamora, N. A. & Erkens, R. H. J., 2015, Confronting a morphological nightmare: revision of the Neotropical genus Guatteria (Annonaceae), Blumea 60 (1), pp. 1-219 : 47

22. Guatteria bernardii R.E.Fr. — Map 5

Guatteria bernardii R.E.Fr. (1960) 23. — Type: Bernardi 6534 (holo NY; iso S), Venezuela, Bolívar, Calzeta de la Botella, 150 m, 14 Apr. 1957.

Tree 8–15 m tall, 15–40 cm diam; young twigs densely cov- ered with erect, brown hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves: petiole 2–3 mm long, c. 1 mm diam; lamina narrowly elliptic, 9–15 by 1.5–3 cm (leaf index 3.2–6), chartaceous, not verruculose, shiny, greyish brown to brown above, brown below, glabrous above, densely covered with erect to appressed hairs below, base acute, apex acuminate (acumen 10–15 mm long), primary vein flat above, secondary veins distinct, 12–14 on either side of primary vein, raised above, smallest distance between loops and margin 1–2 mm, tertiary veins flat above, reticulate. Flowers in 1(–2)-flowered inflorescences, in axils of leaves; flowering and fruiting pedicels 15–20 mm long, c. 1 mm diam, densely covered with erect to appressed hairs, articulated at 0.3–0.5 from the base, bracts 5–6, soon falling, not seen; flower buds globose to depressed globose; sepals basally connate to free, broadly ovate-triangular, 4–5 by 4–5 mm, reflexed, outer side rather densely covered with erect to appressed hairs; petals pale greenish yellow, oblong-elliptic to obovate-oblong, 10– 20 by 4–5 mm, outer side densely covered with erect to appressed hairs; stamens c. 1 mm long, connective shield papillate. Monocarps c. 25 (?), colour in vivo not recorded, brown in sicco, ellipsoid, 8–10 by 5 mm, glabrous, apex apiculate (apiculum <1 mm long), wall c. 0.2 mm thick, stipes 4–7 by 1 mm. Seed ellipsoid, 7–8 by 4–5 mm, brown, smooth, raphe raised.

Distribution — Venezuela (Bolívar).

Habitat & Ecology — In secondary growth (‘en malezas’). At elevations of 80– 150 m. Flowering: February, April; fruiting: April.

Vernacular name — Venezuela: Majaguillo (Ll. Williams 11248).

Uses — Venezuela: ‘Se usa la madera para construcción de casas como viguetas, horcones y la cáscara fibrosa para cordaje’ (Ll. Williams 11248).

Other specimen examined. VENEZUELA, Bolívar, La Unión, Medio Caura,

80 m, 14 Feb. 1939, Ll. Williams 11248 ( F 2 sheets) .

Note — Guatteria bernardii , only twice collected in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar, has been placed in the synonymy of G. schomburgkiana by Johnson (in Steyermark et al. 1995) and also until recently by us. It is quite distinct,however, differing from the latter by longer pedicels (≥ 15 mm vs ≤ 10 mm in G. schomburgkiana ) and by the absence of hairs on the connective shield so characteristic for the latter.