Tovomita fanshawei Maguire

19. Tovomita fanshawei Maguire View in CoL in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 75: 436. 1948. – Lectotype (designated here): Guyana, Kakaralli-Clump , wallaba forest, 107 mile, Bartica-Porto road, [12 Nov 1943], D. B. Fanshawe 1456 (4192) (NY [ NY00579024 ]!; isolectotype: K [ K000488510 ]!).

Description — Trees up to 20 m tall, prop roots conspicuous; exudate yellow, scarce. Petioles 1.5–3.3 cm long, green, smooth, lenticels absent. Leaf blades 15–22.3 × 6.5–9.5 cm, greyish adaxially and brown-orangish abaxially in sicco, black dots absent, coriaceous, oblong to obovate, base convex to decurrent, apex acuminate; papillae present, lenticels and fungal spots absent; exudate canals inconspicuous. Venation: secondary veins 8–10 pairs, 10– 20 mm apart from each other, forming angle 60°–70° to midvein, prominent in both surfaces, arcuate near margin; intersecondary veins present, one to three per intercostal area, thinner than secondary veins, distal course reticulating, <50 % of subjacent secondary length; tertiary veins inconspicuous; intramarginal vein absent. Inflorescences: ♂ lax cyme with 5 basal branches and up to 180 flowers, lacking terminal flower, ♀ cyme with 3 basal branches and up to 9 flowers, lenticels absent. Pedicels 6–8 mm long, green, distal and proximal portion with same gauge, proximally articulated on lateral flowers of dichasia; calyptrae and lenticels absent. Floral buds 4.5–6 mm long, orbicular, apex apiculate, lenticels absent. Sepals 4, 4.5–6 × 3–3.5 mm, ovate to oblong, apex apiculate to rounded, pale green; petals 6, 3–6 × 3–5 mm, oblong, reflexed to patent, apex rounded, greenish. Staminate flowers: stamens c. 50 stamens, 1.5–3 mm long, heterodynamous; filaments terete, white; anthers 0.3–0.4 mm long, connective not exceeding thecae; pistillode not seen. Pistillate flowers not seen. Capsules fleshy, 3.2–4.5 × 1.4–3 cm, 4-septate, pyriform to fusiform when closed, not costate or lobed, rostrum present, 4–7 mm long, epicarp smooth, green when immature and mature, mesocarp purplish-red; sepals, petals, staminodes and stigmas persistent. Aril orange.

Iconography — Illustration available in Maguire (1948: 435).

Distribution — Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas), French Guiana (Cayenne), Guyana (Potaro-Siparuni), Suriname (Commewijne). Fig. 34.

Conservation status — Data Deficient (DD, Marinho & Beech 2019).

Recognition and discussion — Tovomita fanshawei is similar to T. hopkinsii , except for the presence of calyptrate bracteoles enveloping the lateral flowers of each dichasium in T. hopkinsii . Bittrich & Marinho (2016) pointed out this similarity and, in addition to the presence of the calyptrae, these authors indicated that T. fanshawei occurs in mountainous areas at northern South America, whereas T. hopkinsii occurs in lowland forests in the Amazonas river basin ( Bittrich & Marinho 2016).

Specimens examined — BRAZIL: AMAPÁ: Rio Oiapoque , terra firme, 4 Feb 1950, fr., R. L . Fróes 25843 ( IAC photo!, IAN!, NY!); ibid., Santana, Amazon river , 00°02'S, 51°05'W, 5–10 m, 9 Jul 1950, fr., B GoogleMaps . Maguire & al. 47016 ( IAN!); ibid., Southeast of Clevelandia , 03°48'N, 51°53'W, 23 Jul 1960, bud, B GoogleMaps . Maguire & al. 47111 ( B!, GH!, IAN!, K!, MG!, NY!) ; AMAZONAS: Estrada Manaus-Caracaraí , km 60, Oct 1975, bud, D. Coêlho & C . Mota 716 ( INPA!) . — FRENCH GUIANA: CAYENNE: Station des Nouragues, Bassin de l’Arataye , 04°03'N, 52°42'W, D. Sabatier & M. F GoogleMaps . Prévost 1958 ( B!) . — SURINAME: COMMEWIJNE: In montibus, qui dicuntur Nassau , in forest near km 0.9, 19 Feb 1949, fr., J . Lanjouw & J. C . Lindeman 2197 ( IAN!, NY!) . — GUYANA: POTARO-SIPARUNI: Mahdia, Mahdia river, “Red Hole” Mining Camp , Essequibo , 05°16'N, 59°05'W, 20 Jul 1995, fl. ♂, A GoogleMaps . Chanderbali 129 ( M!, NY!) .