Wood Anatomy of the Neotropical Sapotaceae. XXX. Pseudocladia.
Abstract
The genus Pseudocladia was described by Pierre in 1918 and was based on Lucuma lateriflora Benth. From the Santarem area of Para, Brazil. Pierre's new genus was not accepted by his contemporaries and subsequent students of the family who regarded it as a synonym of Pouteria. In 1961 Aubreville (1)3/ reinstated Pseudocladia to generic status and increased the genus by two new combinations, P. scytalophora (Eyma) Aubr. and P. minutiflora (Britton) Aubr. In 1972 Aubreville (2) added two new species from Amazonas, Venezuela, P. orinocoensis Aubr. and P. neblinaensis Aubr. In Aubreville's key to his Pouteriees of South America (1), Pseudocladia and Sandwithiodoxa key out together because they share a two-chambered ovary. They are then separed by the valvate corolla lobes of Sandwithiodoxa and the imbricated corolla lobes of Pseudocladia. Anatomically the two genera are rather similar and Sandwithiodoxa is separeated by its larger intervessel pitting and the more conspicuous banding of the axial parenchyma. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA122931
Entities
People
- B. F. Kukachka
Organizations
- Forest Products Laboratory