Pyrenacantha

Rio, Cédric Del, Stull, Gregory W. & Franceschi, Dario De, 2020, Survey of the fruits and endocarps of Icacinaceae (Lamiids, Icacinales), European Journal of Taxonomy 645, pp. 1-130 : 69-71

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.645

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3848627

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B7038788-FFDC-C31A-828F-FB40FAEA06CE

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Valdenar

scientific name

Pyrenacantha
status

 

Key to the genus Pyrenacantha View in CoL

1. Endocarp elliptical-ovoid, obovoid or globose in lateral view ......................................................... 2

– Endocarp deltoid in lateral view ......................................................................................................... ...................................................... P. macrocarpa (A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Byng & Utteridge

2. Tubercles ± 1 mm long, elongate-flattened or peg-shaped ............................................................... 3 – Tubercles> 1 mm long, spiny or cylindrical ..................................................................................... 4

3. Tubercles peg-shaped ........................................................................................................................ 5 – Tubercles elongate-flattened ............................................................................................................. 6

4. Tubercles spiny ................................................................................................................................. 7 – Tubercles cylindrical ......................................................................................................................... 8

5. Locule surface smooth, tubercles capitate at the apex, often bifid ..................................................... .......................................................................................... P. klaineana Pierre ex Exell & Mendonça View in CoL – Locule surface with papillae, tubercles not capitate or bifid at the apex .......................................... 9

6. Endocarp ovoid to globose in lateral view, fewer than 50 pits per face ......................................... 10 – Endocarp elliptical to obovoid, more than 50 pits per face .............................................................11

7. Pits small, up to 400 µm in diameter .............................................................................................. 12 – Pits wider, up to 1450 µm in diameter ............................................................................................ 13 8. Endocarp ca 9 mm in length, with no reticulation ............................................. P. sylvestris S.Moore View in CoL – Endocarp more than 10 mm in length, with reticulation ................................................................ 14

9. Endocarp with more than 200 pits per face ........................................................... P. vogeliana Baill. View in CoL – Endocarp with fewer than 190 pits per face ................................................................................... 15

10. Endocarp wall 275–325 µm thick, at least 40 pits per face ................................................................ ....................................................................................... P. anhydathoda (Villiers) Byng & Utteridge View in CoL

– Endocarp wall 420–500 µm thick, up to 36 pits per face ................................................................... ............................................................................................. P. gossweileri (Exell) Byng & Utteridge View in CoL

11. Endocarp obovoid, ca 18.5 mm in length, with a reticulum of ridges enclosing 37–55 areoles ........ .................................................................................................. P. soyauxii (Engl.) Byng & Utteridge View in CoL

– Endocarp elliptical, ca 14.8 mm in length, with a reticulum of ridges enclosing 5–7 areoles ........... ........................................................................................... P. thomsoniana (Bail.) Byng & Utteridge View in CoL

12. Endocarp width ca 15 mm ............................................................................ P. longirostrata Villiers View in CoL – Endocarp width ca 7.2 mm ............................................................................................................. 16

13. Endocarp wall less than 400 µm thick ............................................................................................ 17 – Endocarp wall more than 400 µm thick .......................................................................................... 18

14. Endocarp length ca 19 mm, more than 100 pits per face ................................ P. laetevirens Sleumer View in CoL – Endocarp length less than ca 12 mm, fewer than 45 pits per face .................................................. 19

15. Endocarp length ca 15.4 mm, endocarp wall 290–300 µm thick, ca 100 pits per face ...................... ....................................................................................... P. rakotozafyi Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev. View in CoL – Endocarp length less than ca 14.4 mm, endocarp wall more than 400 µm thick, more than 120 pits per face ............................................................................................................................................ 20

16. Endocarp ca 11 mm long ................................................................................................................ 21 – Endocarp ca 14 mm long .................................................................................... P. lebrunii Boutique View in CoL

17. Ca 80–93 pits per face ................................................... P. tropophila Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev. View in CoL – Ca 107–114 pits per face ..................................................................................... P. capitata H.Perrier View in CoL

18. Endocarp lenticular in transverse section, surface ridged and pitted or only pitted ....................... 22 – Endocarp globose in transverse section, surface only pitted .......................................................... 23

19. Tubercle length more than 2 mm, endocarp length ca 12 mm, endocarp wall more than 300 µm thick .................................................................................................................... P. cordicula Villiers View in CoL

– Tubercle length less than 2 mm, endocarp length ca 10.8 mm, endocarp wall less than 300 µm thick ............................................................................................................... P. staudtii (Engl.) Engl. View in CoL

20. Ridges sharp, pits less than 300 µm in diameter, 170–184 pits on each face ..................................... ......................................................................................................................... P. kaurabassana Baill. View in CoL

– Ridges rounded, pits more than 300 µm in diameter, 120–140 pits on each face .............................. ............................................................................................................................... P. malvifolia Engl. View in CoL

21. Endocarp with a prominent median ridge that crosses the endocarp in length ................................... .............................................................................................................................. P. acuminata Engl. View in CoL – Endocarp without a prominent median ridge .................................................... P. puberula Boutique View in CoL

22. Endocarp pitted and ridged, pits elongate ......................... P. humblotii (Baill. ex Grandid.) Sleumer View in CoL – Endocarp pitted only, with circular pits ................................................. P. glabrescens (Engl.) Engl. View in CoL

23. Endocarp with 145–150 pits on each face ..................... P. ambrensis Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev. View in CoL – Endocarp with 159–173 pits on each face .................... P. andapensis Labat, El-Achkar & R.Rabev. View in CoL

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