Guatteria rupestris Mello-Silva & Pirani — Plate, 1994

141. Guatteria rupestris Mello-Silva & Pirani — Plate View in CoL 7b; Map 30

Guatteria rupestris Mello-Silva & Pirani (1994) View in CoL 146, f. 1, 2. — Type: Pirani et al. CFCR 12752 (holo SPF 3 About SPF sheets; iso K, MBM, MO, NY, U), Brazil, Minas Gerais, 2 km from Itacambira, on road to Juramento , 14 Dec. 1989.

Shrub or small tree 1–4 m tall, diam not recorded; young twigs sparsely covered with appressed hairs to glabrous. Leaves: petiole 2–4 mm long, 1–2 mm diam; lamina elliptic to oblong-elliptic or narrowly so, 3–10(–12) by 1.5–4 cm (leaf index 1.5– 3.5(–5)), coriaceous, not verruculose, shiny to dull, brown to dark greenish brown above, brown to greenish brown below, glabrous above, sparsely covered with appressed hairs below, base attenuate, apex rounded, emarginate, or acute, basal margins revolute, primary vein flat above, secondary veins distinct, 8–15 on either side of primary vein, raised above, smallest distance between loops and margin 2–3 mm, ter- tiary veins strongly raised above, reticulate. Flowers solitary in axils of leaves; flowering and fruiting pedicels 10–15 mm long, 1.5–2 mm diam, glabrous, articulated at c. 0.2 from the base, bracts 5–7, soon falling, the upper one c. 3 by 1.5 mm fide Mello-Silva & Pirani; flower buds depressed ovoid; sepals free, broadly ovate-triangular, 3–4 by 3–5 mm, reflexed, outer side densely covered with appressed hairs; petals pale green in vivo, elliptic, 8–15 by 5–10 mm, outer side densely covered with appressed hairs; stamens 1.5–2 mm long, connective shield papillate. Monocarps 10–15, green, maturing purple to red in vivo, black in sicco, ellipsoid, 7–10 by 3.5–5 mm, sparsely covered with appressed hairs, soon glabrous, apex apiculate (apiculum <0.5 mm long), wall 0.1–0.2 mm thick, stipes 1–7 by 0.5–1 mm. Seed ellipsoid, 8–9 by 4–5 mm, pale brown, smooth to slightly pitted, raphe not distinct from rest of seed.

Distribution — Brazil (Minas Gerais, S part of Espinhaço range).

Habitat & Ecology — In open campo rupestre vegetation or in gallery forest, on sandstone rocks.At elevations of 900–1250 m. Flowering: throughout the year; fruiting: February, April, Sep- tember, October.

Vernacular names — Not recorded.

Note — Guatteria rupestris shares many features with the cerrado inhabiting G. rigida . For the differences with G. rigida see under that species.