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(Last Modified On 3/13/2013)
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(Last Modified On 3/13/2013)
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Species
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DOLIOCARPUS OLIVACEUS Sprague & Williams
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Description
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Frutex scandens. Folia elliptica apice acuminata basi obtusa marginibus leviter repandis obscureque dentatis vel subintegris 13-22 cm longa 5-9 cm lata subcoriacea glabra nervis lateralibus 8-11 petiolo 15-30 mm longo anguste alato. Inflorescentia cauliflora fasciculataque. Flores 10 mm lati pedicellis 2-4 mm longis; sepala 4-6 ovata 2-5 mm longa 2-5 mm lata intus sparse pubescentia extusque glabra; petala 4-5 obovata ca 6 mm longa et lata; stamina 35-45 decidua filamentis filiformibus 7 mm longis et thecis 0.7 mm longis fereque parallelis; carpellum 1 pubescens globosum stylis 4-5 mm longis et stigmatibus peltatis. Fructus indehiscens pubescens globosus.
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Distribution
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Known only from Panama.
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Native
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Panama
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Road K-9, along Cocoli River, Stern et al. 11 (MO); Barro Colorado Island, Stevens 18 (US), Kenoyer 608 (US), 616 (US), Shattuck 915 (US). PANAMA: along Pan-Am. Highway, open grazed area nr Jenine, Rio Canita, Duke 3891 (MO); nr Tapia River, Juan Diaz region, Maxon & Harvey 6746 (US, lectotype); Rio Tapia, Standley 26221 (US).
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Note
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Standley & Kenoyer give meager and conflicting descriptions of D. olivaceus in the references cited above; furthermore, no specimen is cited. This Latin diagnosis is offered with the hope that it may contribute to a better understanding of the species. The Maxon & Harvey specimen is from the U.S. National Herbarium and was annotated "isotype" by Sprague in 1926. It is, undoubtedly, the specimen on which Standley based the species. Doliocarpus olivaceus differs from D. major in the nonpunctate leaves, the nearly sessile flowers and the tendency toward cauliflory.
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