Guatteria pogonopus Mart.

125. Guatteria pogonopus Mart. View in CoL — Fig. 60 View Fig ; Map 26

Guatteria pogonopus Mart. (1841) 34; R.E. Fr. (1939) 402. — Type: Sellow s.n. (lecto B, selected by Fries 1939;isolecto K), Brazil, Bahia, Nazaré das Farinhas (‘Nazareth’), 1817 .

Guatteria schlechtendaliana Mart. (1841) 34; R. E.Fr. (1939) 406, t. 26. — Type: Martius s.n. (holo BR 3 sheets), Brazil, Bahia, Ilhéus, Fazenda Almada .

Tree or shrub 2–15 m tall, 5–15 cm diam; young twigs densely to sparsely covered with appressed hairs, soon glabrous. Leaves: petiole 4–12 mm long, 2–5 mm diam; lamina narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 13–35 by 4–13 cm (leaf index 1.9–2.7), chartaceous to subcoriaceous, not verruculose, brown above, pale brown below, glabrous on both sides, base obtuse, apex acute, primary vein impressed above, secondary veins indistinct, 13–18 on either side of primary vein, raised above, smallest distance between loops and margin c. 2 mm, tertiary veins raised above, reticulate. Flowers in 1–2-flowered inflorescences in axils of leaves; pedicels 5–15 mm long, c. 2 mm diam, fruiting pedicels 15–30 mm long, 3–4 mm diam, densely covered with ap- pressed, brown hairs to glabrous, articulated at 0.2–0.3 from the base, bracts 2, soon falling, 2–5 mm long; flower buds broadly ovoid; sepals free, broadly ovate-triangular, 4–6(–12) by 4–7(–12) mm, reflexed, outer side glabrous or sometimes densely covered with appressed hairs; petals cream or yellow in vivo, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 7–25 by 4–12 mm, outer side sparsely covered with curly, brown hairs to glabrous; stamens c. 1.5 mm long, connective shield hairy. Monocarps 15–40, green, maturing purple-black to black in vivo, black in sicco, ellipsoid, 10–12 by 5–7 mm, glabrous, apex apiculate (apiculum c. 0.3 mm long), wall 0.5–1 mm thick, stipes 10–17 by 1 mm. Seed ellipsoid, 10–12 by 5–7 mm, pale to dark brown, smooth to pitted, raphe raised.

Distribution — Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco).

Habitat & Ecology — In non-inundated, Atlantic rain forest, on clayey soil.At elevations of 0–1050 m. Flowering: throughout the year; fruiting: throughout the year.

Vernacular names — Not recorded.

Note — Guatteria pogonopus is easily recognized by its large and glabrous leaves, and rather shortly pedicellate flowers and fruit. It is similar to G. oligocarpa and G. ferruginea (see com- ments with the respective species).