Coussarea lutea (Aubl.) Delprete

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 : 653-654

[1450] Coussarea lutea (Aubl.) Delprete

Taxon 64: 609 ( Delprete 2015). — Nonatelia lutea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 190, t. 74 [only inflorescence and flowers] [Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775). — Psychotria lutea (Aubl.) Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4 1 (2): 971 [July 1798] (Willdenow 1798).

Coussarea mapourioides Bremek., Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 31: 282 (Bremekamp 1934).

NOTE. — Several specimens of C. lutea collected in the Guianas have been identified as Coussarea hirticalyx Standl. (1930: 175) , which is the species most similar to C. lutea . According to Taylor (1999), C. hirticalyx occurs from Amazonian Colombia to Peru. Taylor & Steyermark (2004: 564) cited a specimen from the Venezuelan Guayana (A. Fernández 7544) having a corolla tube up to 20 mm long; they expressed doubts regarding the delimitation of the two species.However, pending a more detailed comparison between the two taxa, C. lutea can be distinguished from C. hirticalyx by its persistent stipules (vs caducous in C. hirticalyx ), corolla tube (8.5-)10.3-13(-20) mm long (vs 33-34 mm long), and fruit 9-10 × 8-9 mm (vs c. 18 × 14 mm).

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 7 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.B. Aublet s.n. (Lectotype BM [ BM000058142 ] designated by Delprete [2015: 609]).

SIZE. — Up to 10 m tall.