Guatteria candolleana Schltdl.

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 : 50-51

28. Guatteria candolleana Schltdl. — Fig. 22 ; Map 7

Guatteria candolleana Schltdl. (1834) 325; R.E. Fr. (1939) 342. — Cananga candolleana (Schltdl.) Warm. (1873) 145. — Type: Sellow 5442 p.p. (holo B; iso BR, G, K), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sumidouro .

Guatteria hilariana Schltdl. var. pallescens R.E.Fr. (1900) 15. — Type: Glaziou 3855 (lecto B, selected by Lobão in Maas et al. 2011; isolecto C, K, P), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Jacarepaguá , 29 Sept. 1869.

Treelet or shrub 0.7–4 m tall, 5–17 cm diam; young twigs densely covered with erect, brown hairs to c. 2 mm long, soon glabrous. Leaves: petiole 2–4 mm long, c. 1 mm diam; lamina elliptic, 5–15 by 2–4 cm (leaf index 2–4.3), chartaceous, sparsely verruculose, dark brown, brown below, glabrous above, densely covered with erect, brown hairs to c. 2 mm long to glabrous below, base cordate, sometimes obtuse, apex acute to shortly acuminate (acumen c. 5 mm long), primary vein impressed above, secondary veins distinct, 9–13 on either side of primary vein, raised above, smallest distance between loops and margin c. 1 mm, tertiary veins raised above, reticu- late. Flowers solitary in axils of leaves; flowering and fruiting pedicels 12–60 mm long, 0.5–1 mm diam, densely to sparsely covered with erect, brown hairs, articulated at 0.2–0.3 from the base, bracts 2–4, soon falling, 5–8 mm long; flower buds broadly ovoid; sepals free, broadly ovate-triangular, 2–6 by 2– 5 mm, reflexed, outer side densely to sparsely covered with erect, brown hairs; petals cream or yellow in vivo, elliptic, 10–30 by 8–12 mm, outer side densely covered with erect to appressed, brown hairs; stamens c. 2 mm long, connective shield papillate. Monocarps c. 10, blackish purple in vivo, black in sicco, ellipsoid, 7–10 by 4–5 mm, glabrous, apex apiculate (apiculum c. 1 mm long), wall 0.1–0.3 mm thick, stipes c. 5 by 0.5–1 mm. Seed ellipsoid, 7–10 by 4–5 mm, orange-brown, pitted, raphe slightly raised.

Distribution — Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro).

Habitat & Ecology — In non-inundated, Atlantic, sometimes disturbed rain forest or cerrado, on clayey to sandy soil. At elevations of 0– 380 m. Flowering: January to August; fruiting: August, October.

Vernacular names — Brazil: Pindaíba (Eupunino 100, Folli 698), Pindaíba-candoleana (L.A.M. Silva et al. 928), Pindaíba-da/de-capoeira (L.A.M. Silva et al. 860, 928), Pindaíba-mole (L.A.M. Silva & Brito 860), Puruna-do-nativo (V.C. Souza 166).

Notes — Guatteria candolleana is characterized by leaves with a cordate or sometimes obtuse base, densely covered with erect hairs on the lower side. It is similar to G. australis but that species has leaves with an acute to decurrent base.

For differences with G. macropus see under that species.

Figures

Fig. 22 Guatteria candolleana Schltdl. a. Flowering branch; b: leaf base; c: flower; d: fruit (a, d: Mori 10901; b, c: Farias 263; from Lobão (2009) f. 4).