Roupala montana Aubl.
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Roupala montana is a species of shrub or tree in the Proteaceae which is native to much of the Neotropics. It is a morphologically variable species with four recognised varieties. The species is used medicinally in Venezuela, and as an aphrodisiac in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Description[edit]
The species ranges in size from shrubs to trees, usually 1–8 metres (3–26 ft) tall, but sometimes ranging up to 25 metres (82 ft) tall. The leaves are usually simple in adult plants, but are occasionally compound.[1]:131 It is an ochlospecies—a species that is highly variable morphologically, and that variability "cannot be satisfactorily accommodated within a formal classification"[2]—with a very wide distribution. Consequently, a large number of species and varieties have been described based on variations between collections.[1]:142
Taxonomy[edit]
The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet in 1775. The name Roupala was based on roupale, a name used locally in French Guiana.[1]:117
In their 2007 monograph, Ghillean Prance, Katie S. Edwards and coauthors recognised four named varieties within the species: R. montana var. montana (the "nominate" variety, based on Aublet's original description of the species), R. montana var. brasiliensis (Klotzsch) K.S.Edwards, R. montana var. impressiuscula (Mez) K.S.Edwards and R. montana var. paraensis (Sleumer) K.S.Edwards.[1]:131-146
Distribution[edit]
Roupala montana ranges from Mexico in the north, through Central America, to Trinidad and Tobago, and across South America to southern Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil.[1]:132
Uses[edit]
The species is used for fuel wood, high quality charcoal, medicinally and to a limited extent for woodworking and construction,[1]:135-188 It is one of several species including Parinari campestris and Richeria grandis which known by the common name bois bandé. These species are reputed to have aphrodisiac properties.[3]:105
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Ghillean T. Prance, Vanessa Plana, Katie S. Edwards and R. Toby Pennington (2007). "Proteaceae". Flora Neotropica 100 (1): 1–218. JSTOR 4393956.
- ^ Cronk, Q.C.B. (1998). "The Ochlospecies Concept". In C.R. Huxley, J.M. Lock and D.E Cutler. Chorology, Taxonomy and Ecology of the Floras of Africa and Madagascar. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. pp. 155–170.
- ^ Winer, Lise (2009). Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On Historical Principles. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
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Arbol o arbusto.
Arboles o arbustos de 1 a 5 m.
Hojas de alternas a subopuestas, heteromórficas, simples, aunque las hojas jóvenes son compuestas. Láminas de 4 a 14 por 2 a 9 cm, de angostamente ovadas a ovado-elípticas, de diminutamente puberulentas a glabradas. Aguas largamente acuminadas apicalmente, de obtusas a redondeadas basalmente. Márgenes de enteros a ondulados. Pecíolos de 1.5 a 6 cm de largo. Inflorescencias usualmente axilares, solitarias, muy numerosas en floración, de 7 a 15 cm de largo, con raquis denso. Pedicelo de 4 a 5 mm de largo. Partes del perianto de 7 a 9 mm de largo. Anteras de 2 a 3 mm de largo. Frutos en cápsulas de 3 a 4 por 1 a 1.5 cm, de asimétricamente obovados a elípticos. Semillas aladas. Se disitngue por sus inflorescencias diminutamente puberulentas.Isotype for Roupala repanda Lundell
Catalog Number: US 1841560
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. H. Gentle
Year Collected: 1942
Locality: Monkey River, Jenkins Creek, Toledo, Belize, Central America
- Isotype: Lundell, C. L. 1943. Amer. Midl. Naturalist. 29: 472.
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Holotype for Roupala panamensis Pittier
Catalog Number: US 676779
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Between El Corozal and Ancon., Panama, Central America
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Holotype for Roupala darienensis Pittier
Catalog Number: US 678256
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): R. S. Williams
Year Collected: 1908
Locality: Cana., Darién, Panama, Central America
- Holotype: Pittier, H. F. 1917. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 228.
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Type fragment for Roupala gardneri Meisn. in Mart.
Catalog Number: US 1067036
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): G. Gardner
Locality: Near Tejuco., Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America
- Type fragment: Martius, K. F. P. von. 1856. Fl. Bras. 5: 83.
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Isotype for Roupala discolor Rusby
Catalog Number: US 703870
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): Herbert H. Smith
Locality: Near Jira Casana., Colombia, South America
- Isotype: Rusby, H. H. 1920. Descript. S. Amer. Pl. 12.
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