Symplocos abietorum Standley & Steyermark (1947: 221)
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3. Symplocos abietorum Standley & Steyermark (1947: 221) View in CoL . Type:— GUATEMALA. Dept. Huehuetenango: moist cool mixed cloud forest, with Pinus ayacahuite and Abies guatemalensis , around Rancho de Teja, 3 mi W of San Mateo Ixtatán, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, 3330 m, [15°49′42″N, 91°29′42″W], 9 July 1942, J. A. Steyermark 48482 (holotype F!, isotype US!)
Shrubs or trees 2–9 m tall; juvenile branchlets and vegetative buds sparsely to moderately stiff-pilose, trichomes 0.75–1.5 mm long, spreading, brownish. Petioles 2–6 mm long; leaf blades bicolorous, elliptic to oval or obovate, 3–5 × 1.8–2.5 cm, coriaceous, abaxially glabrous to sparsely pilose (more densely so on midvein), adaxially glabrous, secondary veins not adaxially impressed, base obtuse, margins serrulate-denticulate distally, entire in proximal 1 cm, apex obtuse to rounded (rarely acute or abruptly short-acuminate). Inflorescences 1-flowered; peduncles 3–4 mm long,
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A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF SYMPLOCOS
Phytotaxa 264 (1) © 2016 Magnolia Press • 19 glabrous; bracts and bracteoles not readily distinguishable, persistent, 6–8, distributed from the base of the flower and further down along peduncle, ovate to broadly ovate, 3–5 × 2–3 mm, glabrous, margins ciliate. Hypanthium glabrous. Calyx lobes 5, ovate, 5–6 × 3–4 mm, glabrous, margins ciliate. Corolla pink, 5-lobed, 9–11 mm long; tube 2–3 mm long; lobes adnate to filament tube for 3–4 mm, obovate, glabrous. Stamens 3-seriate; filament tube 4–5 mm long; distinct portions of filaments 1.5–2.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm. Disk sparsely villous; style 6–7 mm long, pilose basally; stigma conspicuously and irregularly lobed. Fruits green maturing to dark bluish purple, ellipsoid to globose, 1.5–1.8 × 1.1–1.3 cm, glabrous, apex rounded to base of erect calyx lobes; disk convex, apex surpassed by calyx lobes but slightly exposed between them; endocarp 3-locular, perimeter rounded.
Vernacular name —Manzanote (Steyermark 48482 [F, US]).
Illustration — Figure 6 View FIGURE 6 .
Phenology —Flowering February and April; fruiting February, April, and August.
Distribution and habitat —Western Guatemala (Sierra de los Cuchumatanes), in cool montane forests with Abies , Quercus , and Pinus at 2900–3350 m elev. Figure 7 View FIGURE 7 .
Conservation status —This Guatemalan endemic is restricted to a narrow high elevation belt in the western mountains. None of the known populations occur in a protected area and the area, extent, and quality of habitat is projected to be in decline. The EOO is 2.6 km ² and the AOO is 12 km ². We classify this species as Critically Endangered (CR): B1ab(iv).
Discussion —This infrequently collected Guatemalan endemic is easily recognized by the combination of relatively small leaves with serrulate-denticulate margins, solitary flowers with glabrous sepals and petals, and large fruits (1.5–1.8 cm long) with persistent erect sepals.
Additional specimens examined — GUATEMALA. Huehuetenango: Santa Eulalia, 6 mi N of Santa Eulalia along rd to San Mateo Ixtatán , 9200 ft, [15°47′09″N, 91°30′43″W], 5 February 1965, Breedlove 8584 (DS!, F!) GoogleMaps ;
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San Mateo Ixtatán , 3 mi NW of San Mateo Ixtatán along rd to San Pedro Soloma , 9600 ft, [15°50′02″N, 91°28′57″W], 6 February 1965, Breedlove 8645 (DS!, F!); San Mateo Ixtatán , along rd to San Pedro Soloma, 3 mi SW of San Mateo Ixtatán, 9600 ft, [15°49′42″N, 19°29′42″W], 5 August 1965, Breedlove 11551 (DS!, F!); E of Toequia , Sierra Cuchumatanes , 3200 m, 27 April 1948, Holdridge 2346 (F!, US!); Rancho de Teja , 3 mi W of San Mateo Ixtatán, Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, 3333 m, [15°49′42″N, 19°29′42″W], 9 July 1942, Steyermark 48467 (F!, US!); San Mateo Ixtatán, Aldea Pet., 3100 m, [15°50′02″N, 91°28′57″W], 15 February 2005, Véliz 15671 ( MO!) GoogleMaps .
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