Description
Shrub or small tree, up to 5 m high, branched. Branches 0.3-0.5 cm in diam., terete (sometimes slightly ridged), not winged; internodes (4-)5-9(-10) cm long. Leaves petiolate, arranged along stem; petiole 0.5-2 cm long; blade thin-membranaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 8.8-22 x 3.9-9.5 cm, margin flat, apex acuminate, base attenuate. Inflorescence 1-2-flowered. Calyx orange, 26-40 x 6-7 mm, lobes ovate, 8-14 x 3-4 mm, margin membranaceous, apex acute; corolla yellow, salver-shaped, 60-77 mm long, 9-11 mm wide at mouth, lobes ovate, 9-13 mm long, twisted lengthwise at anthesis, apex acute; stamens exserted from corolla mouth, filaments 41-45 mm long, straight, anthers cream-colored or white, elliptic, 3-4 mm long, straight after anthesis; pollen exine reticulate; pistil 56-63 mm long, ovary 8.5 mm long, style ca. 52 mm long, stigma lobes 3-4 x 1.5-2 mm. Fruit erect, green, yellow to orange and brown, elliptic, 35-43 x 5-6 mm; seeds not seen.
Synonymy
Tachia guianensis in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 75. 1775 sec. JEANETTE ALLOGIO, LAURA COBB, JASON R. GRANT & al., 2012
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Specimens
Country | Date | Collector + collecting number | Herbaria | Type | Scan | Derivatives | |
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Guyana, Republic of | Sandwith 1111 | F, P, L, K, NY | |||||
Citation: Guyana, Republic of, Bartica-Potaro Rd., Sandwith 1111. Specimen summary: F Specimen summary: K Specimen summary: L Specimen summary: NY Specimen summary: P | |||||||
Guyana, Republic of | Henkel et al. 2220 | L | |||||
Citation: Guyana, Republic of, Potaro-Siparuni Region, Kaieteur Gorge, Henkel et al. 2220. Specimen summary: L | |||||||
Mori et al. 23439 | L, NY | ||||||
Citation: Sinnamary R., between Cr. Plomb & Cr. Tigre, Mori et al. 23439. Specimen summary: L Specimen summary: NY | |||||||
Lescure 236 | L, CAY, NY | ||||||
Citation: Sinnamary R., Petit Saut, Lescure 236. Specimen summary: CAY Specimen summary: L Specimen summary: NY | |||||||
Suriname, Republic of | Maguire 24611 | F, L, US, NY | |||||
Citation: Suriname, Republic of, Arrowhead Basin, Tafelberg, Maguire 24611. Specimen summary: F Specimen summary: L Specimen summary: NY Specimen summary: US | |||||||
Suriname, Republic of | Wessels-Boer 1540 | L, NY | |||||
Citation: Suriname, Republic of, between Tafelberg and Saramacca R., Wessels-Boer 1540. Specimen summary: L Specimen summary: NY |