Sloanea acutiflora Uittien (D. Sabatier 1234

[449] Sloanea acutiflora Uittien (Fig. 22A) Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 22: 357 [“1925” publ. Jan. 1926] (Uittien 1926). NOTES. — Known only from the Guiana Shield. Pennington & Wise (2017: 77) placed S. acutiflora in synonymy under S. latifolia (Rich.) K.Schum., arguing that they have the same floral morphology, and that there are intermediate states throughout the range of the species (i.e. most of Amazonia) in fruit spine development and leaf shape; the typical form of S. latifolia has long petiole and large broad leaves with rounded bases while other “forms”, typified by S. acutiflora in... Mehr ...