Gaulettia amaraliae (Prance) Sothers & Prance, 2014
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.172.3.2 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5152359 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/ED3587C1-FFD7-FF81-A4FB-CBDEFE51FE05 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Gaulettia amaraliae (Prance) Sothers & Prance |
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comb. nov. |
Gaulettia amaraliae (Prance) Sothers & Prance View in CoL , comb. nov.
Basionym : Couepia amaraliae Prance (1989: 72) , as amaralae. Type :— BRAZIL. Amazonas : base of Serra Aracá, 3 km E of Rio Jauari, 27 February 1984, Prance et al. 29261 (holotype INPA!, isotypes K!, NY!) .
Shrub 1–4 m tall. Leaves with an oblong to oblong-elliptic, coriaceous lamina, 2.5–6.0 × 1.5–3.2 cm, prominently reticulate beneath with conspicuous deep stomatal cavities filled with short grey pubescence. Inflorescences are little branched panicles or racemes. Receptacle campanulate-turbinate, 3–4 mm long. Stamens 35–40, inserted around ½ of circle. Fruit globose, 5 cm in diameter with a glabrous, lenticellate epicarp; pericarp 2.0– 2.5 mm thick, hard and woody, tomentose within.
Illustration:— Prance (1989: 73).
Distribution and habitat: — Brazil (Amazonas). Sandy soil forests (campina and campinarana). Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 .
Conservation status: —This species is here assessed as endangered, EN B1ab(i) + 2ab(i) ( IUCN 2001). Gaulettia amaraliae is restricted to one locality in northern Brazil, in the foothills and surroundings of Serra do Aracá, a sandstone mountain of the Guayana Highlands.
Selected specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Amazonas: 3 km S of central part of Serra do Aracá, 13 March 1984, Silva et al. 7121 (INPA!, NY!); Rio Aracá near mouth of Rio Jauari, 2 July 1985, Cordeiro 126 (INPA!, K!, NY!, SP!); Rio Aracá, 4 November 1952, Fróes & Addison 29277 (IAN!, NY!); Rio Jauari near Ipsilon junction, 9 July 1985, Prance et al. 29420 (INPA!, NY!); Serra Aracá, 1–1.5 hours (8 km) along seringueiro trail, 220° S towards Rio Jauari from base camp, 4 March 1984, Pipoly & Cress 6788 (INPA!, NY!); near Serra Aracá, 01 March 1977, Rosa & Cordeiro 1713 (IAN!, NY!).
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia |
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Royal Botanic Gardens |
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William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden |
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