Licania

Aublet

Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 119, plate 45. 1775.

Etymology: Misspelled anagram of local French Guiana name caligni
Synonyms: Geobalanus Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 366. Mentioned on page 365.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA12 P46 Aspicarpa hyssopifolia.jpegLicania michauxii
Chrysobalanus icaco subsp. icaco
Aspicarpa hyssopifolia
Marjorie C. Leggitt
Marjorie C. Leggitt
Karin Douthit

Shrubs [trees]. Leaves persistent or deciduous; blade margins entire or irregularly crenate. Thyrses terminal [axillary]. Flowers: petals [0 or 4–] 5; stamens [3–] 14–16 [–40]; filaments connate basally to proximally [distinct], glabrous (rarely basally hairy); ovary glabrous or sparsely to densely hairy; styles glabrous [hairy]. Drupes obovoid, ellipsoid, or subglobose; endocarp not longitudinally ribbed. x = 11.

Distribution

se United States, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, w Africa, s Asia

Discussion

Species 192 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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connate +
R. David Whetstone +  and Christopher F. Nixon† +
Aublet +
crenate +  and entire +
coriaceous +
se United States +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +, w Africa +  and s Asia +
subglobose +, ellipsoid +  and obovoid +
Misspelled anagram of local French Guiana name caligni +
axillary +  and terminal +
deciduous +  and persistent +
toothed +  and entire +
glabrous or +  and sparsely densely hairy +
distinct +
Hist. Pl. Guiane +
distinct +
free +  and connate +
Geobalanus +
Licania +
Chrysobalanaceae +
tardily deciduous;evergreen +