TABLE 1 in Grias portillae (Lecythidaceae): A new tree species from northwestern Ecuador

TABLE 1. Morphological characters of Grias portillae and closely related species.
SpeciesG. portillaeG. theobromicarpaG. purpuripetalaCharactersPetioles length5–13 cmsessile or subsessilec. 5 cmPetiolar vascular bundles (cross section)lower arc of 5–6 transversally elliptic major bundles, and upper arc of one row of 8–10 minor bundleslower arc of c. 7 suborbicular bundles, a middle area free of bundles, and an adaxial arc of c. 5 rows of many (c. 55) minor bundleslower arc of c. 12 circular bundles, a middle area free of bundles, and an adaxial arc with a single large elliptical bundle in the middle flanked by a smaller circular bundle on each sideLeaf blades apexshortly caudateshortly acuminateabruptly acuminateBracteolespresentabsentpresentColor of petalsdark purplepearl-white to somewhat greenish and pinkish-cream or yellowishred-purplePetals size2.5–3 × 1.5–2.2 cm2.7–2.9 × 2.2 cmc. 6 × 4 cmColor of androeciumcreamish-whitecreamish-whiteroseLevels (whorls) of staminal insertiononetwothreeStamens number18–2134–4031–34Filaments shape (cross section)angulateangulatetereteConnective apexroundedrounded2-apiculate