Trichilia minutiflora Standl., Trop. Woods

Pennington, Terence D., 2016, Systematic Treatment Of American Trichilia (Meliaceae), Phytotaxa 259 (1), pp. 18-162 : 109-110

54. Trichilia minutiflora Standl., Trop. Woods 11: 20 (1927). Type:— BELIZE, Orange Walk, fl., Winzerling VIII 1 (holotype, US; isotypes, F, Y). Map 61

For synonymy see FN 28: 217 (1981). Illustration: FN 28: 216, fig. 46 (1981).

Abbreviated Description. Indumentum pubescent to pilose of simple basifixed hairs, leaflets (5–)7–9(–11), alternate to opposite, 4 × 1.3–7.5 × 2.5(–3) cm, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, base nearly always asymmetric, inflorescence 4–12 cm long, a slender, laxly-branched, few-flowered, narrowly pyramidal thyrse, petals 4–5(–6), 1.5–2 mm long, fused for one third to half their length, valvate, filaments completely fused in a staminal tube, margin with triangularsubulate lobes alternating with the anthers, anthers 4–6, ovary sparsely appressed puberulous, 2-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, capsule 1.3–1.7 cm long, 2-valved, ovoid to ellipsoid, smooth, sericeous, seed 1(–2), completely surrounded by a thick fleshy arillode.

MAP 61. Distribution of Trichilia minutiflora Standl. Solid dots, distribution pre-1981, open dots new records 1981–2010.

Distribution & Ecology. Southern Petén Peninsula, in Guatemala, Belize and adjacent Honduras, in lowland semi-evergreen rain forest with a 3–4 month dry season, often over limestone, and with characteristic species such as Manilkara zapota , Brosimum alicastrum , and Haematoxylum campechianum .

Additional Collections Examined. MEXICO. Campeche: Município Calakmul, 1 km NE of La Lucha (NW1889), Alvarez & Jimenez 4214 (MO). Chiapas: Município Ocosingo, 3 km S of Frontera Corozal (NW1690), Martinez 10951 (MEXU). Quintana Roo: 6 km W of La Pantera (NW1888), Cabrera 4230 (MO); Município Chetumal, 3–6 km N of Tomas Garrido (NW1889), Sanders et al. 9824 (MO); Carillo Puerto, km 6 road Vigia Chico (NW1987), Villanueava 314 (MEXU); Nuevo Durango (NW2088), Ucan & Poot 5134 (CR).

GUATEMALA. Petén: Dos Lagunas, El Cedro (NW1789), Contreras 8341 (MO); Uaxactum (NW1789), Lundell & Contreras 20528 (NY); San Luis (NW1689), Ventur 315 (F); NNE of Lago Petén Itza, Tikal (NW1789), Wallnöfer 7181 (MO).

BELIZE. Cayo: Caracol ruins (NW1689), Lentz et al. 2738 (NY). Orange Walk: Las Milpas ruins (NW1789), Arvigo et al. 491 (K), Balick et al. 3214 (K). Toledo: Maya mountains, Bladen Nature Reserve (NW1688), Holst & Davidse (K), Holst et al. 5547 (K).