Guatteria sellowiana Schltdl.

149. Guatteria sellowiana Schltdl. View in CoL — Fig. 73 View Fig ; Plate 7g View Plate 7 ; Map 31

Guatteria sellowiana Schltdl. (1834) 323; R. E.Fr. (1939) 457, f. 21d–f. — Cananga sellowiana (Schltdl.) Warm. (1873) 144. — Type: Sellow 1967 c 1479 (lecto B, selected by Fries 1939, 5 sheets; isolecto K), Brazil, Minas Gerais, Serra de Santo Antônio , 17 Oct. 1818 .

Cananga sellowiana (Schltdl.) Warm. var. montana Warm. (1873) 145. — Guatteria sellowiana Schltdl. var. montana (Warm.) R.E.Fr. (1900) 14. — Type: Warming s.n. (holo C), Brazil, Minas Gerais,Caeté, Serra da Piedade , 4000–5000 ft, Feb. 18...

Guatteria australis A.St.-Hil. var. pubens Mart.(1841) 26. — Guatteria pubens (Mart.) R.E.Fr. (1939) 455. — Type: Martius s.n. (Obs. no. 47) (lecto M, here selected), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis, (‘M. Corcovado et ad Mandiocca’), Sept. 1817.

Guatteria mexiae R.E.Fr. (1939) 344. — Type: Mexia 4249 (holo S; iso B, BM, F, G, K, NY, U, US), Brazil, Minas Gerais, Carangola (‘ Fazenda da Gramma , about 0.5 km North on trail’), 900 m, 27 Jan. 1930.

Guatteria umbrosa R.E.Fr. (1939) 455,t. 31. — Type: Riedel s.n. (holo S; iso LE, U), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis (‘Mandioca’), Oct. 1823.

Guatteria peckoltiana R.E.Fr. (1939) 457, f. 21c. — Type: Peckolt 362 (holo BR 2 sheets), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Cantagalo (‘Canta Gallo’), 1860.

Tree or shrub 2–25 m tall, 10–25 cm diam; young twigs densely to sparsely covered with erect, long-persisting hairs. Leaves: petiole 2–8 mm long, 1–2 mm diam; lamina narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 5–15 by 1.5–4 cm (leaf index 2.3–5.3), chartaceous, not verruculose, pale brown above, brown below, densely covered with erect hairs to glabrous above, densely covered with erect hairs below, base acute, apex acute, primary vein impressed above, secondary veins distinct, 10–14 on either side of primary vein, raised above, smallest distance between loops and margin c. 1 mm, tertiary veins raised above, reticulate. Flowers solitary in axils of leaves; flowering and fruiting pedi- cels 5–25 mm long, 1–3 mm diam, fruiting pedicels rarely to c. 45 mm long, densely to sparsely covered with erect, brown hairs, articulated at 3–15(–20) mm from the base, bracts 3–5, soon falling, basal bracts broadly elliptic, 1.5–2 mm long, upper ones elliptic to elliptic-obovate, to c. 7 mm long; flower buds depressed ovoid; sepals free, broadly to shallowly ovate-triangular, 2–5 by 3–4 mm, reflexed, outer side densely cov- ered with erect, curly, pale brown hairs; petals pale green in vivo, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 6–20 by 4–10 mm, outer side densely covered with erect, curly, pale brown hairs to glabrous; stamens 1–1.5 mm long, connective shield hairy. Monocarps 15–40, blackish purple in vivo, black in sicco, ellipsoid, 5–8 by 4–5 mm, glabrous, apex apiculate (apiculum c. 0.5 mm long), wall c. 0.3 mm thick, stipes 5–10 by 1 mm. Seed ellipsoid, 5–8 by 4–5 mm, brown, pitted, raphe not distinct from rest of seed.

Distribution — Brazil (Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio de Ja- neiro, São Paulo).

Habitat & Ecology — In non-inundated, Atlantic rain forest or riparian forest in cerrado, often on brown, lateritic soil. At elevations of 0–1360 m. Flowering: March to May, September; fruiting: January to March, August to December.

Vernacular names — Not recorded.

Note — Guatteria sellowiana is characterized by young twigs and lower leaf sides which are densely covered with erect, brown and long-persisting hairs and by short pedicels. Among the species of the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, G. sellowiana stands out by its characteristic dense indument.