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Tree ca. 10 m tall; young twigs and petioles sparsely (axillary buds densely) covered with appressed golden hairs ca. 0.1 mm long. Leaves: petioles 4–7 by 1–2 mm; lamina elliptic to narrowly so, 12–22 by 4–8 cm (index 2.7–3), chartaceous, grey-yellow green above, light brown or yellowish-green below, glabrous on both sides, base cordate to subcordate, apex acuminate (acumen 8–10 mm long), primary vein 1–1.5 mm wide at widest point, secondary veins 7–12, intersecondary veins occasional, distance between from 2–5 mm at the base to 15–25(35) mm closer to the apex, angles with primary vein from 80–90° at the base to 50–60° closer to the apex, forming distinct loops, smallest distance between loops and margin 2–5 mm, tertiary veins more or less percurrent. Inflorescence of single, solitary flowers, axillary on leafy twigs; peduncles ca. 2 by 2 mm (in fruit); pedicels ca. 8 by 2 mm at the base (in fruit), peduncles and pedicels sparsely covered with appressed golden hairs ca. 0.1 mm long; 2 lower bracts, soon falling off; upper bract attached midway along pedicel, soon falling off; closed flower buds and flowers not observed. Monocarps 8–10, blackish-brown in sicco, ellipsoid, slightly asymmetric, 14–15 by 9–11 mm, with an excentric apicule; stipes 7–8 mm by ca. 1.5 mm; fruiting receptacle 4–7 mm diam.; monocarps, stipes and receptacle rather densely covered with appressed golden hairs ca. 0.1 mm long. Seeds ellipsoid, golden brown shallowly wrinkled (immature), ca. 12 by 7 mm, raphe sunken, regular.
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Michael D. Pirie, Lars W. Chatrou, Paul J. M. Maas
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Pirie M, Chatrou L, Maas P (2018) A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Cremastosperma (Annonaceae), including five new species PhytoKeys (112): 1–141
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Michael D. Pirie
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Lars W. Chatrou
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Paul J. M. Maas
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Distribution

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Peru (Amazonas, in the area of the Cenepa River, a tributary of the Marañon River).
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copyright
Michael D. Pirie, Lars W. Chatrou, Paul J. M. Maas
bibliographic citation
Pirie M, Chatrou L, Maas P (2018) A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Cremastosperma (Annonaceae), including five new species PhytoKeys (112): 1–141
author
Michael D. Pirie
author
Lars W. Chatrou
author
Paul J. M. Maas
original
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