Trichilia stellato-tomentosa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl.

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20. Trichilia stellato-tomentosa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 3 (2): 36 (1898); T. D.Penn. & Styles, Fl. Neotrop. 28: 35 (1981). Type:— BOLIVIA. Mittel Velasco, fr., Kuntze s.n. (lectotype NY (designated FN 28: 35 (1981); isolectotypes G, US). Map 26

For synonymy see FN 28: 35 (1981). Illustration: FN 28: 36, fig. 1 (1981). MAP 26. Distribution of Trichilia stellato-tomentosa Kuntze. Solid dots, distribution pre-1981, open dots new records 1981–2010.

Abbreviated Description. Conspicuous dense indumentum of pale stellate hairs, leaflets 4–5 pairs, 5–10 cm long, opposite, usually oblanceolate, apex obtuse to rounded, base truncate or cordate, inflorescence 2–4 cm long, a densely flowered thyrse, petals 5, free, 4–5 mm long, slightly imbricate, filaments united 1/3–1/2 their length, anthers 10, nectary annular; ovary 3-locular, locules with 2 collateral ovules, fruit ca. 1 cm long, 3-valved, ovoid to globose, densely stellate hairy, valves with 1–2 collateral seeds, seed with apical and adaxial arillode.

Field Characters. Shrub or small tree to 15 m high; flowers cream, with orange staminal tube, fragrant; capsule greenish-tan to reddish, containing orange seeds. Flowering mostly November to March, fruiting mostly April to September.

Distribution & Ecology. Southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia, in dry semi-deciduous forest, savanna woodland and cerrado, gallery forest which may be seasonally flooded, chaparral.

Representative Additional Collections. BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: 7 km E of Bela Vista (SW1656), Krapovickas & Schinini 32691 (K), Mato Grosso do Sul: BR-419, Córrego da Piúva, Município Aquidauana (SW2055), Hatschbach et al. 72841 (K).

BOLIVIA. Beni: Prov. Cercado, 11 km NW of Trinidad (SW1464), Solomon et al. 8149 (K). Santa Cruz: Prov. Angel Sandoval, Comunidad San Fernando (SW1758), Saldias et al. 5210 (K).

PARAGUAY. Amambay: Bella Vista (SW2256), W. Hahn et al. 1277 (K); Concepción: Paso Horqueta to Estáncia San Fernando (SW2257), Zardini & Guerrero 39831 (K).

Figures

PLATE 3. Trichilia elegans A.Juss. subsp. elegans. A, habit with inflorescence; B, detail of leaf undersurface with gland dots; C, detail of hair tufts in vein axil; D, half flower (female); E, cross-section of ovary; F, half flower (male); G, infructescence. (A–E, Jansen-Jacobs et al. 1006; F, Stoffers et al. 282; G, Jansen-Jacobs et al. 4160).