Baehni C (1940) Les Lacistemacees des Andes et des regions avoisinantes in Candollea: Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Geneve redige par B P G Hochreutiner, Directeur du Conservatoire et du Jardin, Edition, abonnement et vente conservatoire botanique, Geneve, Vol 8: 42
Common names
Nomatahuemo
… Language: Huaorani; Country: Ecuador [Specimen at MO: Aulestia M, Gonti O No. 1742, 17-20 February 1994]
Verisimiliter arbor parva; Folia majora, 35 cm. longa, 12 cm. lata, elliptica vel elliptico-obovata, margine integerrima, apice acuminata, basi cuneata, membranacea, glaberrima; Petioli supra canaliculati, 0,5-1 cm. longi; Stipulae deciduae, 6-8mm. longae, dorso leviter pilosae; Inflorescentia (unam tantum vidi) 1,5 cm. longa; flos a bractea ciliolata incomplete tectus; Sepala 4, ovata, irregulariter denticulato-lacerata; discus conspicuus, plus minus carnosus, indivisus, triangularis; Staminis loculi horizontaliter dispositi; Fructus ignotus.
Par ses seules feuilles, deja, cette espece se distingue sans peine de toutes les autres especes andines de Lacistema. En outre, la forme du disque, non trilobe, mais plus ou moins triangulaire, fournit un caractere distinctif excellent. D'apres les caracteres floraux, l'espece la plus proche est a chercher dans le voisinage du L. aggregatum.
Cette espece est dediee a J. Francis Macbride, l'auteur du Flora of Peru.
probably small Tree Leaf for the majority 35 cm long, 12 cm wide, elliptical or elliptical-obovate, margin entire, apex acuminate, base cuneate, membranous, hairless; Petiole on the upper side a longitudinal channel, 0.5-1 cm long; Stipule deciduous, 6-8mm long, outer surface lightly pilose; Inflorescence (barely observable) 1.5 cm long; flower incompletely hidden by ciliolate (marginal fringe of minute hairs) bract; Sepal 4, ovate, irregularly denticulate-lacerate; disc conspicuous, more or less fleshy, undivided, triangular; Stamen anther locule horizontally arranged; Fruit unknown.
The leaves of this species are easily distinguished from all other species of Andean Lacistema. In addition, the shape of the disk not three lobed but more or less triangular, provides a excellent distinctive character. From the floral characters, the closest species is L. aggregatum.
This species is dedicated to J. Francis Macbride, the author of the Flora of Peru.
