Lacistema leptosachyum Chodat & Chirtoiu

IPNI :
None specified

CoL2017 :
None specified

Frutex : ramis virgatis glabris, lucidis

Folia : glabra subcoriacea oblonga, 120/32, 85/25, 100/25, 95/28, 80/12 mm. vel minora, fere usque ad basin remote serrula, dentibus minutis 4 mm. distantibus petiolo 4 mm. lg.

Amenti : 18-22 mm longi, 1.5 mm crassi, inde graciles et radiantes

Sepala : 4 lanceolata disco duplo longiora quam braceteolae filiformes vix longiora;

Discus : cupuliformis basin ovarii amplectans

Ovario : glabro ellipsoideo sensim in stylum desinente

Stigmatibus : tribus inaequalibus postico 1/3 breviore, acutissimis suberectis stamen multo superantibus;

filamentum : staminis breve connectivo longiore brachiato angulo late aperto ramis patentibus vel horizontalibus, antheris longioribus

Affinis Lacistema serrulato Mart a quo differt foliis multo longioribus, amentis 7-10 mm. longis, fere 2 mm. crassis, stigmatibus erectis haud patulis

Praia grande, Rio de Janeiro, in siccis (ex Herbier DC.)

lepto- :
Greek - means thin or fine

-stachys :
Greek - ear of grain or inflorescence a spike