Amaioua guianensis Aubl.

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 : 650-651

[1438] Amaioua guianensis Aubl.

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Hist. Pl. Guiane 2 (Suppl.): 13 [Jun.-Dec. 1775] ( Aublet 1775). — Hamelia glabra Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] 3 (1): 65 [19 Oct. 1789] ( Lamarck 1789), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Amaioua guianensis ). — Hamelia sessiliflora Willd., Sp. Pl. , ed. 4 1 (2): 981 [July 1798] (Willdenow 1798), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Amaioua guianensis ). — Duhamelia glabra Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 203 [1 Apr.-15 June 1805] (Persoon 1805), nom. illeg. superfl. (based on Amaioua guianensis ).

Amaioua guianensis var. macrantha Steyerm., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 216 ( Steyermark 1965).

NOTE. — Hyperdominant in Amazonia ( ter Steege et al. 2020) .

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: maras-gamana • Ka: kapasi tuno • Wp: kuluwɨ, puluwɨ • Wn: akuli epa • Cr: bwa-négrès, bwa-pièr • Br: goiabeira-preta, purui-grande.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 113 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: J.B. Aublet s.n. (lecto-, BM[BM001008914] designated by Steyermark [1965: 216]).

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 149 trees in 80 plots; Fmax = 1.6 %; dbhinv = 26.8 cm.

Figures

FIG. 49. — Rubiaceae: A, Amaioua guianensis Aubl. (D. Sabatier et al. 4792); B, Capirona macrophylla (Poepp.) Delprete (D. Sabatier 3554); C, Coussarea machadoana Standl. (D. Sabatier & J.-F. Molino 4839); D, Coussarea paniculata (Willd.) Standl. (D. Sabatier & J.-F. Molino 5307); E, Coutarea hexandra (Jacq.) K.Schum. (J.-F. Molino et al. 3382). A, © M.-F. Prévost/IRD; B-D, © D. Sabatier/IRD; E, © J.-F. Molino/IRD.