Licania canescens Benoist

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 427

[322] Licania canescens Benoist

Bull. Mus . Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 514 ( Benoist 1919).

NOTES. — Benoist (1919: 514) cited two collections in the protologue: “Maroni n° 13 (Mélinon); Maroni n° 43 (Wachenheim)”. Prance (1972: 134) cited for the type “Mélinon sn, French Guiana, Maroni, fl (lectotype, P; isolectotypes, GH, K)”; his lectotype corresponds to three specimens at P (P00745970, P00745972, P00745973). All three are labelled “ Licania canescens R. Ben. ” apparently in Benoist’s hand, and the same is true of other Mélinon s.n. at F, GH, K, NY and US (see below). It cannot be excluded that all these Mélinon specimens are isolectotypes. However, there is only one Mélinon 13 in P (P00745971), which is therefore here designated as the lectotype.

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: bukutru-ateu, bukutru-gateu • Te: tsibila lɨpɨ• Wp: payula • Nt: kookoo • Cr: golèt-nwé, grigri • Fr: gaulette noire • Br: caraipé, caripé, macucu-farinha-seca.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 101 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: E.M. Mélinon 13, s.d. (lecto-, P[P00745971], here designated; possible isolectotypes: F[V0053974F {1862}], GH[GH00046252 {s.d.}], K[K000220889 {1863}], NY[00428358 {s.d.}], P[P00745970 {s.d.}, P00745972 {1863}, P00745973 {1864}], US [00130724 {s.d.}].

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 748 trees in 130 plots; Fmax = 4.9 %; dbhinv = 44.7 cm.