Vochysia (sect. Pachyantha) Ducke 1938
Creators: name: Shimizu, Gustavo Hiroaki
name: Gonçalves, Deise Josely Pereira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Vochysiaceae
Vochysia

description: Identification key for species of Vochysia sect. Pachyantha
1. Leaves opposite ..................................................................................................................................................................................2
- Leaves verticillate...............................................................................................................................................................................6
2. Flower buds smaller than the spur; spur inflated................................................................................................... Vochysia rufescens
- Flower buds larger than the spur; spur slender...................................................................................................................................3
3. Stipules 0.1–0.2 cm long; leaves oblong to broadly elliptic; spur straight or S-shaped........................................... Vochysia pinkusii
- Stipules> 0.3 cm long; leaves elliptic; spur recurved........................................................................................................................4
4. Leaves 7–12 cm long.................................................................................................................................... Vochysia steyermarkiana
- Leaves 13.5–19 cm long.....................................................................................................................................................................5
5. Leaf base cuneate ..................................................................................................................................................... Vochysia sobralii
- Leaf base obtuse or rounded........................................................................................................................................ Vochysia sofiae
6. Leaves almost sessile to petioles up to 1 cm long..............................................................................................................................7
- Petioles 1.1–1.8 cm long ..................................................................................................................................................................10
7. Stipules 0.8–1.2 cm long ..................................................................................................................................... Vochysia kosnipatae
- Stipules 0.2–0.3 cm long ....................................................................................................................................................................8
8. Leaves in 3-merous whorls..................................................................................................................................... Vochysia leguiana
- Leaves in 4-merous whorls.................................................................................................................................................................9
9. Leaves elliptic; spur inflated .............................................................................................................................. Vochysia pachyantha
- Leaves spatulate to subspatulate; spur slender .......................................................................................................... Vochysia stafleui
10. Leaves in 4–9-merous whorls; leaf apex rounded..................................................................................................... Vochysia jonkeri
- Leaves in 3-merous whorls; leaf apex abruptly and shortly acuminate or cuspidate.......................................................................11
11. Leaves 10–13 cm long; leaf base obtuse; spur straight or S-shaped ........................................................................ Vochysia pinkusii
- Leaves 13.5–19 cm long; leaf base cuneate; spur recurved ..................................................................................... Vochysia sobralii
description: Published as part of Shimizu, Gustavo Hiroaki & Gonçalves, Deise Josely Pereira, 2022, Vochysia sobralii (Vochysiaceae), a new species from Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Brazil, and updated keys for Vochysia sect. Pachyantha, pp. 207-213 in Phytotaxa 542 (2) on pages 210-211, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.542.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/6417871