Trichilia florbranca T.D.Penn., Fl. Neotrop.

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 92

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scientific name	Trichilia florbranca T.D.Penn., Fl. Neotrop.
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39. Trichilia florbranca T.D.Penn., Fl. Neotrop. View in CoL 28: 149 (1981). Type:— BRAZIL. Bahia, Municipio de Itabuna , near Jucarí, fl., Pennington, Mori & Kallunki 10190 (holotype, CEPEC; isotypes, FHO, NY). Map 45

Illustration: FN28: 150, fig. 26 (1981).

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum of minute appressed basifixed hairs, leaflets 5–7, alternate to subopposite, 18 × 5.9–20 × 7 cm, broadly oblong or elliptic, venation brochidodromous, inflorescence 3–4.5 cm long, a thyrsoid fascicle, petals 4–5, 3.25–4 mm long, fused for 1/2 their length, valvate, erect, filaments completely united into a cyathiform or shortly cylindrical staminal tube, anther 7–8, nectary absent, ovary appressed pubescent, 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, capsule (immature) ovoid, smooth, appressed puberulous.

MAP 45. Distribution of Trichilia florbranca T.D.Penn. Total distribution to 2010.

Distribution & Ecology. Known only from Bahia, Brazil, where it is a component of lowland coastal rain forest. Additional Collections Examined. BRAZIL. Bahia: Jussarí, road from Jussarí to Palmira, km 7.5 (SW1539),

Fiaschi et al. 1927 (NY).