Tovomita longifolia (Rich.) Hochr.

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 437-438

[389] Tovomita longifolia (Rich.) Hochr.

Annuaire Conserv. Jard.Bot. Genève 21: 66 ( Hochreutiner 1919). — Clusia longifolia Rich ., Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 113 [Oct. 1792] (Richard 1792). — Micranthera clusioides Choisy , Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, sér. 2, 1: 224 (Choisy 1823), excl. descr. masc. et tab. 11; nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Clusia longifolia ). — Tovomita clusiifolia (Choisy) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 617 [early Aug. 1831] ( Don 1831), “ clusiaefolia ”, nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Clusia longifolia ). — Tovomita richardiana Planch. & Triana, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 14: 273 ( Planchon & Triana 1860), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Clusia longifolia ).

Micranthera clusiifolia Choisy , Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 560 [mid Jan. 1824] (Choisy 1824), “ clusiaefolia ”.

Tovomita choisyana Planch. & Triana, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 14: 281 ( Planchon & Triana 1860), syn. nov.

Tovomita bahiensis Engl., Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12 (1): 455 [1 Apr. 1888] (Engler 1888), syn. nov.

Tovomita melinonii Vesque , Epharmosis 3: 20 ( Vesque 1892), “ melinoni ”, syn. nov.

Tovomita excelsa Andrade-Lima & G.Mariz, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 101 (6): 367 [“1974” publ. 1975] (Andrade-Lima & Mariz 1975), syn. nov.

NOTES. — Hochreutiner’s stated (1919: 66) that “ L’original de Richard se trouve dans l’Herbier Delessert [...]” (i.e. “Richard’s original material is in Delessert’s herbarium”) is misleading: it is not a Richard collection. Hochreutiner’s precise description and transcription of the labels ( Hochreutiner 1919: 66) clearly match Leblond 34 (G[G00355740; P[P 05061606]). Micranthera clusiifolia (“ clusiaefolia ”) is obviously a misprint for M. clusioides Choisy.

Following Planchon & Triana (1860b), Marinho et al. (2016) distinguished Tovomita choisyana from T. longifolia (called T. richardiana by the former authors); yet their analysis demonstrates that the two taxa do not differ in all the distinguishing characters proposed by Planchon & Triana: number of petals, leaf morphology and inflorescence structure. Marinho et al. (2016) placed emphasis on differences in stamen length and shape, and in habitat preference: the stamens and staminodes of T. longifolia (according to these authors) were only 3-4 mm long compared to 8-10 mm in T. choisyana . Furthermore, they considered that T. choisyana was “ associated with watercourses ”. These differences do not hold: Examination of Leblond 34 (P 05061606, annotated by Marinho as “isolectotype” of T. longifolia ) shows that some staminodes are 6 mm, conversely, several stamens of the isotype of T. choisyana at G-DC (Unknown coll. s.n., G00210645) are less than 7 mm. Further, there is no information on the specimens identified as T. choisyana to indicate that they were collected in riparian, flooded, or swampy environments. We agree with Marinho et al. (2016) that T. excelsa Andrade-Lima & G.Mariz and T. bahiensis Engl. are conspecific with T. choisyana , and we therefore transfer them into synonymy under T. longifolia . The type of T. melinonii Vesque (Mélinon s.n. [holotype: P[P00093864, isotype: P00093865]) also perfectly fits in T. longifolia .

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: kwatri-wašiune • Ka: alakapuli, alakapuli paindyalɨ, paipaiyo wokulu, wateipa upadyalɨ • Wp: pasi’ɨ wapo, pasi’ɨwapo sili • Wn: itukuyen • Nt: busi mangu, mangu • Cr: pativyé-montangn • Fr: palétuvier montagne • Br: manguerana, paxiubarana.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 46 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.B. Leblond 34 (lecto-, G [ G00355740 ], designated by Marinho et al. [2016: 771]; isolecto-, MPU [ MPU014282 ], P [ P 05061606]).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 204 trees in 65 plots; Fmax = 4.3 %; dbhinv = 38.5 cm.