Guatteria novogranatensis R.E.Fr.

105. Guatteria novogranatensis R.E.Fr. View in CoL — Map 23

Guatteria novogranatensis R.E.Fr.(1939) 496,f.29a,b; Maas & Westra (2011) 135, f. 18. — Type: Lawrance 552 (holo S; iso BM, COL, E, F 2 sheets, GH, MO 2 sheets, NY, U), Colombia, Boyacá, El Umbo Region , 130 miles NW of Bogotá, 1100 m (‘ 3500 ft. ’), 27 Oct. 1932.

Cauliflorous tree 20–30 m tall, 50–120 cm diam; young twigs densely covered with erect hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves: petiole 4–5 mm long, 3–5 mm diam; lamina narrowly obovate to nar- rowly elliptic, 25–50 by 8–16 cm (leaf index 2.8–3.2), charta- ceous, densely verruculose, pale brownish green above, brown below, glabrous above, densely covered with appressed to erect hairs on large veins, otherwise rather densely covered with appressed hairs below, base long-attenuate, apex acuminate (acumen 15–20 mm long), primary vein impressed above, more or less keeled below, secondary veins distinct, 25–30 on either side of primary vein, impressed above, forming more or less distinct marginal vein, at a smallest distance of 4–7 mm from the margin, tertiary veins inconspicuous and hardly visible, percurrent. Flowers on densely branched compact clusters, on the trunk; flowering and fruiting pedicels 35–60 mm long, 2.5–4 mm diam, densely to rather densely covered with appressed hairs, articulated at c. 0.1 from the base, bracts not seen and difficult to count (> 5?); flower buds not seen; sepals free, broadly ovate-triangular, 10–13 by 6–10 mm, appressed, outer side densely covered with appressed hairs; petals pale green or yellow in vivo, ovate-oblong, 15–25 by 8–13 mm, outer side densely covered with appressed hairs; stamens 2–2.5 mm long, con- nective shield papillate. Monocarps 20–40, colour in vivo not recorded, blackish brown in sicco, ellipsoid, 18–20 by 7–8 mm, glabrous, apex apiculate (apiculum <1 mm long), wall c. 0.2 mm thick, stipes 8–12 by c. 1 mm. Seed ellipsoid, 18–20 by 7–8 mm, dark, shiny brown, longitudinally and transversely grooved, raphe not distinct from rest of seed.

Distribution — Colombia (Boyacá, Santander).

Habitat & Ecology — In non-inundated forest. At elevations of 100–1100 m. Flowering: January, February; fruiting: October.

Vernacular names — Not recorded.

Note — Guatteria novogranatensis looks quite similar to the Amazonian species G. longicuspis , both being cauliflorous and sharing most leaf characters. Guatteria novogranatensis differs by a dense indument on large leaf veins below (vs mostly sparsely so) and by larger sepals (10–13 mm long vs 5–7 mm). It should not be ruled out that future research will prove the two taxa to be conspecific.