Clusia palmicida Rich. ex Planch. & Triana

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 : 433-434

[371] Clusia palmicida Rich. ex Planch. & Triana

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 13: 326 ( Planchon & Triana 1860). — Clusia palmicida Rich., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 17: 456 (Richard 1811), nom. inval.

Clusia martinii Sagot ex Engl., Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12 (1): 425 [1 Apr. 1888] (Engler 1888), nom. nud. pro syn.

NOTES. — Mostly epiphytic, rarely rooted in the ground. Clusia palmicida was not validly published by Richard (1811: 17) because his publication was a treatise on embryo development and his seed diagnosis did not distinguish this species from others. Indeed, the characters described are said to be shared with other species of the genus. His reference to the figure “(Pl. VI, fig. 64, a)”, is erroneous, and is in fact, pl. 8, fig. 64, 65. J.J. Pipoly III in 2000 annotated the two sheets of Richard s.n. at P (P01901181, P01901182) as holotype and isotype, but this typification was not published. Also, Planchon & Triana (1860a: 326) under this name cited two collections from French Guiana (“ L.-C. Rich. in herb. de Franquev., Martin in herb. Mus . Paris ”) and one from Guyana (“ Schomburgk, n° 739, indéterminé ”). The selection of a lectotype thus appears necessary.

VERNACULAR NAMES. — Pa: patakwik-kamwi • Ka: kusapoi, kuwapo’u, kwapo’u • Cr: bwa-rwé, zongnon-danbwa • Br: cebola-grande-damata, manga-brava, mata-pau.

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 55 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: L.C. Richard s.n. (lectotype of Clusia palmicida Rich. ex Planch. & Triana, P [ P01901181 , here designated; isolecto-, P01901182 ]).

SIZE. — Up to 15 m tall ( Pipoly et al. 1998).