Tovomita laurina Planch. & Triana

5 basal branches and up to 37 flowers, lacking terminal Additional specimen examined — BRAZIL: ACRE: Cruzei- flower, ♀ single flower or dichasium, lenticels absent. ro do Sul, estrada Alemanha, forest on terra firme, 14 Apr Pedicels 5–20 mm long, green, distal and proximal por- 1971, fl. ♂, G. T. Prance & al. 11888 (INPA [no. 30201]!, tion with same gauge, proximally articulated on lateral MO [MO-2097595] photo!, UEC [UEC117667]!). flowers of dichasia; calyptrae and lenticels absent. Floral buds 5–6.5 mm long, ovoid, apex rounded, lenticels 31. Tovomita laurina Planch. & Triana View in CoL in Ann. Sci. Nat., absent. Sepals 4, 7–10 × 5–7 mm, ovate, apex rounded, Bot., ser. 4, 14: 282. 1860. – Lectotype (designated by green; petals 4–5(–6), 6–7.5 × 3 mm, oblong, reflexed, Engels & Marinho 2018: 91): Brazil, Amazonas, Pa- apex rounded, white. Staminate flowers: stamens 80–90, nure [= São Jerônimo], sur le Rio Uaupés, région de 5–8 mm long, isodynamous; filaments terete, white; l’Amozone, [Sep] 1852– Jan 1853, R. Spruce 2431 (P anthers c. 1 mm long, white, connective not exceeding [P00093874]!; isolectotypes: BR [BR0000005914647] thecae. Pistillate flowers: staminodes 70–80, 5–10 mm photo!, F [F0044065F] photo!, G [G00355499] pho- long, white; ovary 6–7 mm long, not costate or lobed, to!, G [G00355501] photo!, GH [GH00067912]!, 5–6(–7)-locular, white, styles free c. 2 mm long, stig- GOET [GOET003979] photo!, K [K000488516!], mas 5–6(–7), 2–2.5 mm in diam. Capsules fleshy, 2–3.7 K [K000488517]!, LD [LD1031476] photo!, NY × 1.3–2.6 cm, 5–6(–7)-septate, pyriform when closed, [NY00578987]!, NY [NY00578988]!, P [P00093875]!, not costate or lobed, rostrum absent, free styles, c. 2 mm RB [RB00539005]!, W [no. W-1889-0309896]!). long, epicarp smooth, lenticels absent, green when im- = Tovomita elliptica Engl. in Martius & al., Fl. Bras. mature and mature, mesocarp purplish-red; sepals, 12(1): 453. 1888. – Lectotype (designated here): staminodes and stigmas persistent, petals caducous. Aril Brazil, Amazonas, pr. San Carlos, ad Tomo in orange. Fig. 53. silvis humilioribus, “1844”, R. Spruce 3555 (K [K000488519]!; isolectotypes: K [K000488518]!, P Iconography — Illustration available in Engler (1888: [P00093856]!, W [no. W-1889-0309882]!). 100). Distribution — Bolivia (Pando, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Rondônia), Colombia (Amazonas), Peru (Loreto). Fig. 48.

Conservation status — Least Concern (LC, Marinho & Beech 2019).

Nomenclatural notes — Engler (1888) indicated that the type specimen of Tovomita elliptica was deposited in K (2 sheets). For the lectotype of T. elliptica , here treated as a synonym under T. laurina , we selected the specimen K000488519, with more leaves and floral buds than K000488518.

Recognition and discussion — Together with Tovomita gazelii , T. laurina is the only species of the genus whose carpel number varies from five to seven, especially in materials from early collections at Mato Grosso state ( Engels & Marinho 2018). The species is similar to T. schomburgkii , from which it can be differentiated mainly by the size and shape of floral buds (ovoid, 5–6.5[– 10] mm vs spheroid to oblong, 3–4.5 mm long in T. schomburgkii ).

Selected specimens examined — BOLIVIA: SANTA CRUZ: Velasco, Serrania de Huanchaca, Parque Nacional Noell Kempf , 200–300 m, 9 Nov 1991, fl. ♀, fr., R . Foster & al. 13844 ( LPB photo!) . — BRAZIL: AMAZONAS: São Gabriel da Cachoeira , rodovia BR-307, 27 Oct 2008, fl. ♀, fr., S . Sakagawa & al. 663 ( INPA!). MATO GROSSO: Itaúba, Resgate de flora da UHE Colíder ( Teles Pires river ), 2 May 2017, fl. ♀, fr., M. E . Engels & al. 5576 ( HERBAM photo!, HUEFS!, RB!). RONDÔNIA: Vilhena, 28 km from Vilhena on road to Colorado, 29 Oct 1979, fl. ♀, B. W . Nelson 328 ( NY!) . — COLOMBIA: AMAZONAS: Araracuara, margen izq. Río Caquetá, s.dat., bud, M. T . Duque & G . Sánchez 1063 ( NY!) . — PERU: LORETO: Maynas, Iquitos, Alpahuayo , 120 m, 20 Sep 1990, bud, J. J . Pipoly & al. 12252 ( B!, CAS!) .