Published September 29, 2017 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Clidemia epibaterium De Candolle 1828

Description

9. Clidemia epibaterium De Candolle (1828: 157). (Figure 2 D; 3 D, N.)

Lianas over decomposing logs. Green and smooth rhytidome. Branches prostrate, cylindrical, not winged, greenish,; branches, petioles with simple and dendritic trichomes, leaves both sides and fruits whit simple trichomes. Leaves opposite isophyllous; petioles circular 2.8–4.6 cm long; leaf blades 10.1–13.2 × 4.8–6.4 cm, chartaceous, discolored, symmetrical, elliptical, base rounded, apex acuminate, margins erose and ciliate, leaf veins 7, basal; ant domatia absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; bracts 0.5–0.9 mm long; bracteoles absent. Flowers 5-merous; pedicel 1–2, 4 mm long; hypanthium ca. 3 mm long, oblong, smooth; calyx simple, persistent; external lacinia linear ca. 1.6 mm long, internal lacinia in a membranous ring; petals 3.8 × 2.4 mm, white, ovate, with glandular trichomes, symmetrical, apex acute, margins not ciliate; stamens 10, isomorphic, anthers ca. 2.7 mm long, oblong, straight, apex attenuate, 1 apical pore, white, connective not prolonged, filament ca. 1.6 mm long, glabrous; ovary 2.6 mm long, inferior; style 5.3 mm long, straight, glabrous. Berry ca. 11 × 7.2 mm long, unripe fruit red, ripe fruit blue; seeds numerous, triangular.

Specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Amazonas, Manaus, RDS-Tupé, 27 April 2013, fr., A.L. Corrêa 215 (EAFM!, HUAM!, INPA!).

Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Amazonas, Manaus, 20 June 1993, fl., J.EL. S. Ribeiro 932 (INPA!).

Distribution and habitat: — Colombia, Guyana, Peru (Berry et al. 2001). In Brazil it occurs in Amazonian forests (Michelangeli & Reginato 2015). In the reserve it occurs in “terra firme”, on plateaus on shaded areas, and on decomposing logs.

Comments:— This s pecies is rare in the reserve. It can be easily recognized by the lianescent habit, the simple trichomes on both sides of the leaf, and the blue axillary fruits.

Notes

Published as part of Corrêa, André Luis, Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni & Goldenberg, Renato, 2017, Melastomataceae in the Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Tupé, Amazonas, Brazil, pp. 101-127 in Phytotaxa 323 (2) on page 111, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.323.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13696786

Files

Files (2.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:32fd92b1d85170e62ae010731a12c2c1
2.4 kB Download

System files (13.6 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:f5ea35689174cb2874ff40620640a2ea
13.6 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

References

  • De Candolle, A. P. (1828) Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Tom. I et II. Paris.
  • Berry, P. E., Holst, B. K. & Yatskievych, K. (Eds.) (2001) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 6. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Saint Louis.
  • Michelangeli, F. A. & Reginato, M. (2015) Clidemia in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construcao. Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro. Available from: http: // floradobrasil. jbrj. gov. br / reflora / floradobrasil / FB 9442 (accessed 29 May 2017)