Trichilia tetrapetala C.DC.

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 95

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.259.1.5

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Trichilia tetrapetala C.DC.
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41. Trichilia tetrapetala C.DC. View in CoL in Mart., Fl, Bras 11(1): 211 (1878); T. D.Penn., Fl. Neotrop. 28: 139 (1981). Type:— BRAZIL. without exact locality, fl., Riedel 1069 (lectotype, LE (designated FN 28: 140 (1981); isolectotype, P). Map 47

Illustration: FN 28: 138, fig. 24 (1981).

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum a mixture of minute appressed basifixed and dibrachiate hairs, leaflets 5–10, alternate or opposite, 4.7–6.8 cm long, 1.2–2.2 cm broad oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, inflorescence 1–4 cm long, a small subglabrous thyrse, petals 4–5, 2–2.5 mm long, free or fused to one third of their length, valvate, staminal tube urceolate or cyathiform, filaments completely fused, anthers 7–9, nectary absent, ovary puberulous, 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, capsule ca. 1 × 0.5 cm, 3-valved, oblong, appressed puberulous, seed solitary, completely surrounded by a fleshy arillode.

MAP 47. Distribution of Trichilia tetrapetala C.DC. Solid dots, distribution pre-1981, open dots new records 1981–2010.

Distribution & Ecology. States of Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo, Brazil in lowland rain forest up to 250 m elevation.

Additional Collections Examined. BRAZIL. Espirito Santo: CVRD Reserve (SW1940), Thomas et al. 6085 (K). Rio de Janeiro: Municipio de Niteroi, Itaipú, Morro das Andorinhas (SW2243), Araujo 3217 (NY).

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

LE

Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

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