Pseuduvaria latifolia

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Pseuduvaria latifolia
Botanical illustration of Pseuduvaria latifolia using the synonym Bocagea latifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Pseuduvaria
Species:
P. latifolia
Binomial name
Pseuduvaria latifolia
Synonyms

Bocagea latifolia Blume
Mitrephora glandulifera Boerl.
Pseuduvaria glandulifera (Boerl.) Merr.
Uva hasseltii (Blume) Kuntze
Uvaria hasseltii Blume

Pseuduvaria latifolia is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae.[1] It is native to Java.[2] Carl Ludwig Blume, the German botanists who first formally described the species using the synonym Bocagea latifolia, named it after its broad (latus in Latin) leaves (folium in Latin).[3][4]


Description

It is a tree reaching 10 meters in height. The young, dark brown to black branches are sparsely covered in

sepals, that are 1.5-2 by 1.5-2 millimeters. The sepals are hairless on their upper surface, sparsely hairy on their lower surface, and hairy at their margins. Its 6 petals are arranged in two rows of 3. The pale yellow, oval, outer petals are 3-5 by 3-5.5 millimeters with hairless upper and sparsely hairy lower surfaces. The pale yellow, diamond-shaped inner petals have a 2-3.5 millimeter long claw at their base and a 5-9.5 by 2-5 millimeter blade. The inner petals have pointed bases and tips. The inner petals are hairless on their upper surfaces and densely hairy on their lower surfaces. The inner petals have a pair of elliptical, smooth, raised glands on their upper surface. Male flowers have up to 40-58 stamens that are 0.7-0.8 by 0.7-0.8 millimeters. Female flowers have 3-6 carpels that are 2.2-2.7 by 0.8-1.3 millimeters. Each carpel has up to 6 ovules arranged in two rows. The fruit occur in clusters of 3 arranged on slightly hairy peduncles that are 3-4 by 1-2 millimeters. The individual fruit are attached by slightly hairy pedicles that are 24-26 by 1.5 millimeters. The fruit are oval to elliptical and 18-21 by 12-14 millimeters. The fruit have a pointed tip 1 millimeter long. The fruit are smooth, and densely hairy.[5]

Reproductive biology

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

Habitat and distribution

It has been observed growing in forests at elevations of 150 meters.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Pseuduvaria latifolia (Blume) Bakh. f." Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Pseuduvaria latifolia (Blume) Bakh.f." Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Blume, C.L. (1830). "Anonaceae". Flora Javae nec non insularum adjacentium [Flora of Java as well as of the adjacent islands] (in Latin). Vol. 2. Brussels: J. Frank. pp. 89–90.
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