Guatteria goudotiana Triana & Planch. — Plate, 1862

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73. Guatteria goudotiana Triana & Planch. — Plate 4b, d, e; Map 16

Guatteria goudotiana Triana & Planch.(1862) 33;R.E.Fr. (1939) 394. — Type: Triana s.n. (lecto P, selected by Fries 1939), Colombia, Quindio (‘ Prov. Marequita, forêts du Quindio’).

Guatteria quinduensis Triana & Planch. (1862) 34; R. E.Fr. (1939) 393, syn. nov. — Type: Triana s.n. (holo P; iso BM), Colombia, Antioquia (‘prov. de Antioquia’), without location, 2000 m .

Guatteria heterotricha R.E.Fr. (1939) 392, t. 25, syn. nov. — Type: Purdie s.n. (holo K; iso K), Colombia, Huila, Neiva (‘woods near Neiva’), July 1846.

Guatteria lehmannii R.E.Fr.(1939) 395,syn.nov. — Type: Lehmann 4616 (holo B; iso BM, F, GH, K, US), Colombia, Antioquia, Aguadas , 2000–2300 m.

Guatteria coriacea R.E.Fr. (1939) 527, f. 38c, syn. nov. — Type: Purdie s n. (holo K), Colombia, without location.

Tree or rarely a shrub 3–25 m tall, 8–40 cm diam; young twigs often zigzagging, rather densely to sparsely covered with appressed, curly, brown hairs, finally becoming glabrous. Leaves: petiole 4–8 mm long, 1.5–2 mm diam; lamina narrowly elliptic to elliptic, rarely narrowly obovate, 7–19 by 2.5–8 cm (leaf index 2–2.9), coriaceous, rarely chartaceous, not or rarely sparsely verruculose, dull to shiny, greyish green, greyish, or brown above, greenish, greyish green, or brown below, glabrous above, except for a few scattered appressed, brown hairs, sparsely covered with appressed, brown hairs to glabrous below, base acute to attenuate, basal margins often revolute, apex acuminate (acumen 5–15 mm long), rarely acute, primary vein impressed to flat above, secondary veins distinct, 10–16 on either side of primary vein, slightly raised above, smallest distance between loops and margin 2– 5 mm, tertiary veins slightly raised above, reticulate. Flowers in 1–2-flowered inflorescence in axils of leaves; pedicels 10–30 mm long, 1–2 mm diam, fruiting pedicels 2–2.5 mm diam, rather densely to sparsely covered with appressed, brown hairs, articulated at 0.2–0.4 from the base, bracts 5–7, soon falling, the basal ones c. 8 mm long, the 2 upper ones 10–14 mm long; flower buds broadly to depressed ovoid; sepals free, broadly ovate-triangular, 3–7 by 3–8 mm, spreading, outer side rather densely to sparsely covered with appressed, brown hairs; petals greyish to black in vivo, elliptic or ovate, 10– 20 by 5 –11 mm, outer side densely covered with appressed, brown hairs; stamens 1.5–2 mm long, connective shield papillate. Monocarps 15–35, green, maturing purple-black to black in vivo, dark brown or black in sicco, ellipsoid, 10– 20 by 6 – 9 mm, sparsely covered with appressed, brown hairs, soon glabrous, apex rounded to apiculate (apiculum 0.2–1 mm long), wall 0.2–0.5 mm thick, stipes 7–18 by 1–3 mm. Seed ellipsoid, 10–17 by 6–8 mm, shiny, reddish brown, rugulose to pitted, raphe raised.

Distribution — Colombia (Antioquia, Huila, Nariño, Quindio, Tolima, Valle del Cauca), Ecuador (Imbabura, Napo, Pichincha, Zamora-Chinchipe).

Habitat & Ecology — In montane or premontane forest, with Quercus humboldtii (‘Roble’), on slopes, along roadsides and in pasture vegetation (disturbed forest). At elevations of 960– 2450(–3000) m. Flowering: throughout the year; fruiting:throughout the year.

Vernacular names — Colombia: Cargadero (López-Figuieras 8409), Garrapata (Purdie s.n.), Garapatta (Purdie s.n).

Uses — Colombia: Bark used for tying (‘Corteza utilizadas para amarrar’) (Silverstone-Sopkin 901).

Notes — Guatteria goudotiana is one of the few species of Guatteria which occurs at high elevations (premontane and montane forests) in Colombia and Ecuador. It is easily recog- nized by coriaceous leaves with revolute margins (very well observed in the field), spreading sepals and greyish to black petals, a feature rarely seen in Guatteria .

Alzate 1075 (U) from Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia is the only specimen examined that occurs in lowlands, at 30 m elevation. Cuatrecasas 22297 ( F, S, US) from ‘ Monte el Tabor’, Valle del Cauca, Colombia is aberrant by having relatively larger monocarps (c. 20 by 15 mm) with a thicker wall of c. 2 mm .

D.A. Sánchez S. 566, 1255, 1285, 1351 (MEDEL, U) from the upper Basin of Cuevas River in the Murri region (Antioquia, Colombia) were wrongly indentified (Sánchez S. 1993) as G. chocoensis (now a synonym of G. hirsuta ) which differs from G. goudotiana by having an indument of erect hairs and relatively small monocarps

Figures

Plate 4 a. Guatteria ferruginea A.St.-Hil. Stem with flowers and fruit. – b, d, e. Guatteria goudotiana Triana & Planch. b. Fruit; d. flowering branch; e. flower. – c, f. Guatteria heteropetala Benth. c. Fruiting branch; f. flowering branch. – g. Guatteria hirsuta Ruiz & Pav. Fruiting branch. – h, i. Guatteria inundata Mart. h. Flowering branch; i. fruiting branch (a: Amorim et al. 818; b, d, e: Sánchez S. et al. 4776; c: Stevenson et al. 1115; f: Berry s.n.; g: Clark et al. 5291; h: Croat 19234; i: Maas et al. 6288). — Photos: a, i: P.J.M. Maas; b, d, e: D. Sánchez S.; c: D.W. Stevenson; f: P.E. Berry; g: J.L. Clark; h: T.B. Croat.