Pseuduvaria grandifolia

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Pseuduvaria grandifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Pseuduvaria
Species:
P. grandifolia
Binomial name
Pseuduvaria grandifolia
Synonyms

Mitrephora grandifolia(Warb.) Diels
Stelechocarpus grandifolius(Warb.)

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Pseuduvaria grandifolia is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. [1] It is native to New Guinea. [2] Otto Warburg, the German-Jewish botanists who first formally described the species using the basionym Stelechocarpus grandifolius, named it after its large (grandi-, in Latin) leaves (folia, in Latin). [3] [4]

Description

It is a tree reaching 12 meters in height. The young, dark brown to black branches are sparsely covered in hairs and also have sparse lenticels. Its large, egg-shaped to elliptical, papery to leathery leaves are 18.5–32 by 6–13.5 centimeters. The leaves have pointed to wedge-shaped bases and abruptly tapering tips, with the tapering portion 2–10 millimeters long. The leaves are slightly hairy on their upper and lower surfaces except the midrib which is densely hairy on the underside. The leaves have 16–24 pairs of secondary veins emanating from their midribs. Its sparsely to densely hairy petioles are 6–12 by 2–3.5 millimeters with a broad groove on their upper side. Its Inflorescences occur in groups of up to 10 on the trunk, and are organized on indistinct peduncles. Each inflorescence has up to 10 flowers. Each flower is on a densely hairy pedicel that is 15–35 by 0.6–0.9 millimeters. The pedicels are organized on a rachis up to 5 millimeters long that have 6–10 bracts. The pedicels have a medial, densely hairy bract that is 1-1.5 millimeters long. Its flowers are male or hermaphroditic Its flowers have 3 oval sepals, that are 2–3.5 by 3–4 millimeters. The sepals are hairless on their upper surface, densely hairy on their lower surface, and hairy at their margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The white or maroon, oval to egg-shaped, outer petals are 3.5–7 by 4.5–6 millimeters with hairless upper surfaces and very densely hairy lower surfaces. The white or maroon, diamond-shaped, inner petals have a 1.7–2.5 millimeter long claw at their base and a 6–9 by 6–7.5 millimeter blade. The inner petals have pointed bases and tips. The inner petals are slightly hairy on their upper surface and very densely hairy on their lower surfaces. The inner petals have numerous, irregularly shaped, raised glands on their upper surface. Male flowers have 48–61 stamens that are 0.9–1 by 0.6–1 millimeters. Hermaphroditic flowers have 37–45 stamens that are 0.9–1 by 0.6–1 millimeters. Hermaphroditic flowers have 11–16 carpels that are 2-2.5 by 0.7–1 millimeters. Each carpel has 6–11 ovules arranged in two rows. The fruit occur in clusters of 3–8 on densely hairy pedicles that are 18 by 2.5 millimeters. The orange, mature fruit are globe-shaped and 36–38 by 29–32 millimeters. The fruit are smooth, and densely hairy. Each fruit has 6–11 hemispherical to lens-shaped seeds that are 10–19 by 8–11 by 2.5–4.5 millimeters. The seeds are wrinkly. [5]

Reproductive biology

The pollen of P. grandifolia is shed as permanent tetrads. [6]

Habitat and distribution

It has been observed growing in rainforests at elevations of 20–1400 meters. [5]

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References

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  5. 1 2 Su, Yvonne C.F.; Saunders, Richard M.K. (2006). Monograph of Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs. Vol. 79. American Society of Plant Taxonomists. pp. 1–204. JSTOR   25027955.
  6. Su, Yvonne C. F.; Saunders, Richard M. K. (2003). "Pollen structure, tetrad cohesion and pollen-connecting threads in Pseuduvaria (Annonaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (1): 69–78. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00204.x . ISSN   1095-8339.