Guapira

Aublet

Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 308, plate 119 (as Quapira). 1775.

Etymology: Portugese guapirá , a Brazilian name more commonly applied to Avicennia s pecies
Synonyms: Torrubia Vellozo
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 74. Mentioned on page 16.
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Guapira discolor
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Trees or shrubs, perennial, from tuberous taproot. Stems erect, divaricately branching, unarmed, internodes without glutinous bands, glabrate (short-pubescent). Leaves petiolate; blade broadly lanceolate to obovate, thin, margins entire. Inflorescences in axils of leaves, compound cymose, loose, each flower subtended by 2–3 bracts. Flowers unisexual, (plants dioecious), chamogamous, narrow; staminate perianth 5-toothed, tubular to narrowly campanulate, limb not reflexed at maturity, stamens 5–10, exceeding perianth; pistillate perianth 5-toothed, tubular, closing over ovary, styles slender, barely exserted, stigmas tipped by fine hairs. Fruits bright-orange-red, becoming weakly 10-ribbed upon drying, obovoid to globose, fleshy, glandless.

Discussion

Species 10–50 (2 in the flora).

The genus is closely allied with Neea Ruiz & Pavón, another dioecious, fleshy-fruited, shrubby member of the Nyctaginaceae restricted to the Neotropics.

See E. L. Little Jr. (1968) for additional synonymy.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Leaf blades coriaceous, rigid when dry; young twigs, buds, and inflorescences glabrate or sparsely reddish pubescent Guapira discolor
1 Leaf blades fleshy-chartaceous, thin and ± papery when dry; young twigs, buds, and inflo- rescences densely reddish pubescent Guapira obtusata

"thin" is not a number."fine" is not a number.

... more about "Guapira"
John S. Clement +
Aublet +
glutinous +
unequal +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
broadly lanceolate;obovate +
succulent +  and fleshy +
connate +  and distinct +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
Neotropics +
curved +  and straight +
Portugese guapirá , a Brazilian name more commonly applied to Avicennia s pecies +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
1 +  and 80 +
chamogamous +  and unisexual +
bright-orange-red +
obovoid +  and globose +
cymose +  and compound +
lateral +  and terminal +
unequal +
not reflexed +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
sinuate +  and entire +
pistillate +  and staminate +
tubular +, 5-toothed +  and narrowly campanulate +
Hist. Pl. Guiane +
thick +  and thin +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
unarmed +  and branching +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
slender +
Torrubia +
Guapira +
Nyctaginaceae +
gland-tipped +
shrub +  and tree +