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.
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 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 +