Licania spicata Hook.f.

Barros, Natália, Menezes, Luis Fernando Tavares de, Sothers, Cynthia & Peixoto, Ariane Luna, 2025, Flora of Espírito Santo: Chrysobalanaceae, Rodriguesia (e 00872024) 76, pp. 1-39 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-7860202576015
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC2F5616-FFA2-FFF1-84E8-FEE755E7F934
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Licania spicata Hook.f.
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7.11. Licania spicata Hook.f. View in CoL , Fl. bras . 14(2): 16. 1867. Fig. 11

Tree, up to 16 m tall, DBH ca. 28 cm, stem up to 10 m tall, cylindric, rough bark; young branches glabrescent, becoming glabrous with age, lenticellate. Leaves elliptic, 5.6–11.1 × 2.6–3.6 cm, chartaceous, discolorous, base cuneate, apex acuminate, acumen 0.5–1.5 cm long, glabrous adaxially, pubescent abaxially, stomatal crypts inconspicuous, midrib impressed adaxially, prominent abaxially, primary veins 7–9 pairs; petiole 0.5–1.1 cm long, glabrescent to glabrous, canaliculate, eglandular; stipules caducous (not seen). Inflorescence terminal to subterminal, racemose panicle, pubescent to tomentulose; bracts caducous (not seen); bracteoles 3, triangular, ca. 1 mm long, pubescent. Flowers ca. 2 mm long, sessile, pubescent to tomentulose, receptacle campanulate, 1–1.5 mm long, sericeous on the inside; sepals triangular, 1–1.5 mm long, puberulous; stamens 4–5, inserted in a semi-circle, free, filaments ca. 1 mm long, glabrous; ovary ca. 1 mm long, sericeous; style ca. 1 mm long, sparsely sericeous at base. Drupe green to brown, ellipsoid, stipitate, 2.1–2.7 × 1.6–2.1 cm, epicarp slightly rugose, pubescent.

Material examined: Baixo Guandu, Baixo Guandú a Alto Lage, km 2, 14.XII.2001, fr., A.A. da Luz 40 ( CVRD, K, RB). Iúna, Serra do Valentim , Floresta do Senhor Aristides, na borda da vegetação, 31.I.2016, fl., J.P.F. Zorzanelli 1431 ( VIES) .

Additional material: BRAZIL. RIO DE JANEIRO: Cachoeiras de Macacu, Parque Estadual dos Três Picos / Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu, Trilha Verde , 19.I.2018, fl., C. Baez 1346 ( RB) .

Licania spicata is similar to L. areolata (see comments under this species). However, it can be distinguished by the bracteoles (ca. 1 mm in L. spicata vs 0.5 mm in L. areolata ) and flower size (ca. 2 mm vs. 1.5 mm). Collected with flowers in May and fruits in August.

Endemic to the Atlantic Forest, Licania spicata , was recorded in Bahia, EspÍrito Santo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro states ( Sothers & Prance 2023f). In EspÍrito Santo it occurs in Ombrophilous forest , in in Baixo Guandu and Iúna. This species has few records, and none of them are inside protected areas, suggesting a higher threat level for the state .

The common name for this species is bafo-devaca (A.A. da Luz 40).