Guatteria stenocarpa Lobão, Maas & Mello-Silva

153. Guatteria stenocarpa Lobão, Maas & Mello-Silva View in CoL — Map 32

Guatteria stenocarpa Lobão, Maas & Mello-Silva (2010) View in CoL 122, f. 1G–I. — Type: Jardim et al. 3096 (holo RB; iso CEPEC, MO, NY, SPF, U), Brazil, Bahia, Itacaré, Loteamento da Marambaia , viscinal que leva à fazenda, c. 1 km da Rodovia BA-001, 29 Oct. 2000.

Tree or shrub 5–8 m tall, diam not recorded; young twigs gla- brous. Leaves: petiole 6–12 mm long, 2–4 mm diam; lamina narrowly obovate to narrowly elliptic, 11–22 by 4–8 cm (leaf index 2.2–3), subcoriaceous, not verruculose, shiny, brown to pale green above, pale brown below, glabrous above and below, base attenuate, apex acute, primary vein impressed above, secondary veins distinct, 18–21 on either side of primary vein, raised above, smallest distance between loops and margin 1–3 mm, tertiary veins inconspicuous, raised above, reticu- late. Flowers solitary in axils of leaves; pedicels 15–35 mm long, c. 1 mm diam, fruiting pedicels 1–2 mm diam, glabrous, articulated at c. 0.3 from the base, bracts 6–7, soon falling, not seen; flower buds depessed ovoid; sepals free, broadly ovate-triangular, 2–6 by 3–6 mm, reflexed, outer side densely covered with erect, curly, brown hairs; petals cream or yellow in vivo, broadly ovate to elliptic, 6–24 by 6–15 mm, outer side densely covered with erect, curly, brown hairs; stamens c. 2 mm long, connective shield hairy. Monocarps 8–20, green in vivo, black in sicco, narrowly ellipsoid, 18–25 by 6–8 mm, glabrous, apex rounded, wall c. 1 mm thick, stipes 5–10 by 1 mm. Seed narrowly ellipsoid, c. 20 by 6 mm, dark brown, longitudinally and transversely grooved, raphe impressed.

Distribution — Brazil (Bahia).

Habitat & Ecology — In periodically inundated or non-inundated, Atlantic rain forest, often on brown, lateritic soil. At elevations of 0– 100 m. Flowering: March to May, September; fruiting: January to March, August to December.

Vernacular names — Not recorded.

Note — Guatteria stenocarpa is similar to G. pogonopus and G. oligocarpa by the subcoriaceous and glabrous leaves. Guatteria pogonopus and G. oligocarpa , however, have smaller monocarps with a maximum length of 12 mm (vs> 20 mm in G. stenocarpa ). The monocarps are narrowly ellipsoid, a char- acteristic only shared in SE Brazil with G. capixabae .