Tovomita iaspidis L. Marinho & Amorim

29. Tovomita iaspidis L. Marinho & Amorim View in CoL in Phytotaxa 207: 194. 2015 View Cited Treatment . – Holotype: Brazil, Bahia, Almadina, Serra do Corcovado / São Domingos , em área aberta no alto da serra (trilha do Carvoeiro), 25 Jan 2014, L. C. Marinho & al. 620 (CEPEC [no. 140855]!; isotypes: HUEFS [ HUEFS000002488 About HUEFS ]!, RB [ RB01035747 ]!).

Description — Trees up to 10 m tall, prop roots inconspicuous; exudate yellowish, abundant. Petioles 0.6– 1 cm long, green or reddish, smooth, lenticels absent. Leaf blades 3.4–11.5 × 1.2–5.2 cm, greenish in sicco, sometimes purplish-red adaxially in vivo, black dots absent, subcoriaceous, oblong to oblanceolate, base convex to decurrent, apex acuminate; papillae, lenticels and fungal spots absent; exudate canals inconspicuous. Venation: secondary veins 8–15 pairs, 2–5 mm apart from each oth- er, forming angle 55°–60° to midvein, immersed in both surfaces, arcuate near margin, inconspicuous in vivo; intersecondary veins present, inconspicuous in vivo, one per intercostal area, similar to secondary veins, parallel to major secondary,> 50 % of subjacent secondary length; tertiary veins inconspicuous; intramarginal vein absent. Inflorescences: ♂ lax cyme with 3 basal branches and up to 9 flowers, lacking terminal flower, ♀ not seen, lenticels absent. Pedicels 11–17 mm long, green, distal and proximal portion with same gauge, proximally articulated on lateral flowers of dichasia, lenticels absent. Floral buds 4–6 mm long, spheroid, apex rounded, lenticels absent. Sepals 4, 5.5–7 × 4–5 mm, circular to oblong, apex rounded, green; petals 4, 8–8.5 × 4–5.5 mm, oblong, patent, apex rounded, greenish to white. Staminate flowers: stamens 40–45, 4–5 mm long, heterodynamous; filaments terete, white; anthers 0.5–0.8 mm long, orangish, connective not exceeding thecae; pistillode 20–25 mm long, conic to botuliform, reddish. Pistillate flowers and capsules not seen. Fig. 49.

Distribution — Brazil (Bahia). Fig. 50.

Conservation status — Endangered (EN, Marinho & Beech 2019).

Recognition and discussion — Tovomita iaspidis is known only from staminate specimens, which bear a reddish pistillode ( Fig. 49F) that promptly distinguishes it from other species of Tovomita , including the most morphologically similar species, T. glazioviana , in which the pistillode has the same coloration as the stamens.

Specimens examined — BRAZIL: BAHIA: Almadina, Serra do Corcovado / São Domingos , acesso pela fazenda Aleluia , 14°41'S, 39°35'W, 2 Jul 2014, sterile, L. C GoogleMaps . Marinho & al. 841 ( CEPEC!); Wenceslau Guimarães, estrada de acesso ao Parque Estadual de Wenceslau Guimarães , c. 6 km a partir da BR 101 , 13°34'49"S; 39°42'17"W, 5 Jul 2014, sterile, A. M GoogleMaps . Amorim & al. 8689 ( CEPEC!, HUEFS!) .