Prestoea longipetiolata var. longipetiolata

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Distribution

Nicaragua (Jinotega, Matagalpa), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Puntarenas, San José), and western Panama (Chiriquí, Bocas del Toro); cloud forest on steep slopes at 600-2100 m, most common at 1000-1500m. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Common Name

    Uses

    • Costa Rica: surtua; Panama: manaca. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

    Description

    • Stems 0.5-3 m tall, 2-5 cm diam.
      Leaves pinnate; apical pinna 12-40 x 2.5-6 cm, usually wider than the other pinnae.
      Inflorescences arching; peduncle 0.1-1 m long, 0.5-1.1 cm diam., ± terete, densely covered with brown peltate-lacerate scales; rachis 1-17 cm long, with scales similar to those of peduncle; rachillae 2-12, 9-32 cm long, 1-2 mm diam, at anthesis, the proximal ones slightly or not swollen basally and with a sterile part 0.5-1 cm long, usually ascending, subtended by bracteoles to 6 cm long proximally, moderately to densely covered with reddish brown, or mixed reddish brown and whitish, flexuous, flattened woolly hairs; endosperm ruminate. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

    Materials Examined

    • NICARAGUA. JINOTEGA: Ocotillo nr. Sta. Lastenia, Cordillera Central de Nicaragua, 1550 m, 17 Jan 1965, William et al. 27806(F, NY).
      MATAGALPA: Cerro Carlota, 12°58'N, 85°52'W, 1250-1300 m, 23 Oct 1982, Moreno 18129 (MO); Cerro El Picacho, N of Selva Negra, 13°N, 85°55'W, 1500 m, 7 Jul 1983, Moreno 21670 (MO, US); 7 Jul 1983, Moreno 21671 (MO); Cerro Carlota, 12°58'N, 85°52'W, 1250-1300 m, Moreno 18149 (MO); along Hwy. 3, ca. 1.9 km W of Aranjuez rd. entrance, ca. 13°02'N, 85°56'W, 1460-1480 m, 30 Jun 1983, Stevens 9168 (MO, US); along Hwy. 3, ca. 1 km W of La Fundadora entrance, unnamed peak ca. 500 m W of Hwy., ca. 13°01'N, 85°56'W, 1450-1520 m, 24 May 1981 , Stevens & Henrich 20456 (MO); W slope of summit of Cerro El Picacho, ca. 13°N, 85°55'W, 1350-1590 m, 3 Jun 1983, Stevens & Moreno 22168 (MO, US); Cordillera Central de Nicaragua, along rd. to La Fundadora, 1300-1400 m, 23 Feb 1963, Williams et al. 24918 (F); Cordillera Central de Nicaragua. Xelaju, 13°02'N, 85°55'W, 1500 m, 12 Feb 1965, Williams et al. 29266 (F, NY).
      COSTA RICA, ALAJUELA: Buena Vista, rd. to San Carlos valley, 600 m, 11 Apr 1903, Cook & Doyle 38 (US); Juan Viñas, Reventazón valley, nr. Río Juan Viñas, 1000 m, 21 Apr 1903, Cook & Doyle 173 (US); along Camino Raíz de Hule, SE of Planatillo (Tsipiri), 1200-1400 m, 1 Jul 1976, Croat 36792 (MO); Reserva Biológica de San Ramón, rd. from Las Lagunas to Colonia Palmarena, 10°04'N, 84°22'W, 850-1100 m, 30 May 1986, de Nevers et al. 7769 (MO. NY); Nr. Río Naranjo, 2 km W of Orosi, 1400 m, 16 Jan 1977, Lent 4066 (F); slopes of ridge separating Río Paz Grande and Río Paz Chiquita, ca. halfway between Vara Blanca and Cariblanco, valley of Río Sarapiquí, 1340-1500 m, 4 Apr 1953, Moore 6639 (BH); Paraiso, area of Muñeco, 9-10 Mar 1974, Read & Daniels 74-880 (US); Guadalupe de Zarcero, 1200 m, 1 Nov 1973, A. Smith A567 (F); La Pefia de Zarcero, Cantón Alfaro Ruiz, 1375 m, 23 Jan 1939, A. Smith 1544 (NY); El Muneco, S of Navarro, 1400 m, 8 Feb 1924, Standley 33600 (F, US); Cordillera Central nr. San Juan de Laja, co. 15 km N of Zarcero, ca. 1350 m, 7 Feb 1965, Williams et al. 28985 (F).
      CARTAGO: Moravia de Chirripó, Turrialba. 1400-1600 m, 11 Feb 1983, Chacón 288 (MO); Canón del Rio Grande de Orosí y Aluvión, 23 Oct 1983, Chacón et al. 1489 (MO); Camino Raiz de Hule, SE of Platanillo, 1200-1400 m, 1 Jul 1976, Croat 36792 (MO); Río Tambor, 3 km SE of Cachí, 1420 m, 22 Aug 1971, Lent 2060 (F); ca. 6 air km S of Cartago, Quebrada Cangreja. 3 km S of Panamerican Hwy., 09°46'N, 83°57?W, 21 Apr 1983, Liesner & Judziewicz, 14478 (MO); ca. 8 air km S of Cartago, Finca Chaparral, 4.5 km S of bridge on Agua Caliente at Lourdes, 09°49'N, 83°55'W, 1500 m, 21 Apr 1983, Liesner & Judziewicz 14611 (MO); ca. 5 km beyond Hacienda Moravia, 1000-1200 m, 13 Apr 1953, Moore 6686 (K, BH, NY); fords of Las Vueltas, Tucurrique. 635 m, Dec 1898, Tonduz 12924 (F, US).
      PUNTARENAS: E of Las Cruces and 5-6 km S of San Vito, 08°47'N, 82°58'W, 1100-1200 m, 15- 16 Jan 1967, Burger & Malia 4387 (F); Finca Lorna Linda, 1 mi SW of Cañas Gordas, 1150 m, 26-27 Feb 1973, Croat 22232 (CAS, K, MO); foothills of the Cordillera de Talamanca, around Tres Colinas, 09°07'N, 83°04'W, 1800-1850 m, 20 Mar 1984, Davidse et al. 25609 (K, MO); between Las Cruces and Río Jaba, ca. 4 km SE of San Vito de Coto Brus, 08°47'N, 82°52'W, 1100-1200 m, 27 May 1986, de Nevers 7764 (MO, NY); Monteverde, along Río Guacimal below Lechería, 10°17'N, 84°48'W, 1500 m, 11-14 Jun 1985, Hammel & Trainer 13822 (CAS, MO); 16 Jun 1985, Hammel 13872 (MO); Monteverde area, valley of Rio San Luis just S of Monteverde, 10°16'N, 84°48'W, 1000-1200 m, 18 Jun 1985, Hammel & Haber 13924 (MO); Finca Las Cruces, on trail to Río Java, ca. 1000 m, 31 Jan 1967, Moore & Parthasarathy 9426 (BH); Monteverde, along foot trail in forest reserve, 3 Nov 1974, Moore et al. 10170 (BH); Las Cruces, Finca Kilpauk (cultivated at FTG), 15 Dec 1961 , Read 655 (B H); San Vito de Coto Brus, Las Cruces Botanical Garden, Jan 1985, Wilson s.n. (BH).
      SAN JOSE: Between San Isidro and La Georgina, 17 Nov 1973, Moore & McAlpin 10150 (BH); 17 Nov 1973, Moore & McAlpin 10150A (BH); Cantón de Pérez Zeledón, Carretera Interamericana, km 115-116, 09°28'N, 83°41'W, 1750 m, 4 Jun 1992, Henderson et al. 1804 (NY); El General, 1490 m, Feb 1939, Skutch 4184 (US); Cordillera de Talamanca, ca. 25 km N of San Isidro de El General along Panamerican Hwy., 29 Jan 1965, Williams et al. 28611 (F).
      PROVINCE UNKNOWN: La Paz and Los Angeles de San Ramón, Rio La Balsa, 950 m, 30 Jul 1926, Brenes 4915 (F)
      PANAMA. BOCAS DEL. TORO: Fortuna Dam area, Continental Divide, ridge trail E of Oleoducto rd., 08°47'N, 82°13'W, 1200 m, 1 Aug t984, Churchill 5875 (MO); La Fortuna Dam area, N of dam along Continental Divide trail W of Oleodueto rd., 08°47'N, 82°45'W, 1200-1300 m, 11 Feb 1986, Hammel &. McPherson 14458 (MO).
      CHIRIQUI : vic. of Santa Clara. E of Volán, 08°51'N. 82°45'S, 16 Jun 1987, Croal 66259 (NY); 9 mi from Rio Chiriqui Viejo bridge nr. Nueva California on rd. to Río Sereno, 7 Apr 1979, Hammel et al. 6829 (MO). (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

    Bibliography

      A. Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72