Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul

  • Authority

    Berg, Cornelius C. 2001. Moreae, Artocarpeae, and (Moraceae): With introductions to the family and and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83: 1-346. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul

  • Synonyms

    Pseudolmedia guaranitica Hassl., Pseudolmedia laevigata Trécul

  • Discussion

    Including Pseudolmedia guaranitica hardly affects the circumscription of P. laevigata, as the differences between the two taxa as indicated in the monograph are very small. Recognition of the two taxa was based on phytogeographical considerations rather than on morphological ones. More recent collecting bridged more or less the gap between the areas of distribution, presumed to be disjunct.

    The collection McPherson 11824 (Panama) is very unusual, deviating from the characteristic uniflorous pistillate inflorescence by having 2-3 basally connate flowers, one or all of them producing fruit.

    Distribution and Ecology : From Panama to the Pacific Coastal region of Colombia and Ecuador, to the Magadalena Valley and northwestern Venezuela (Zulia), in the Amazon Basin, in the Guiana region (eastern Venezuela, Guyana, and French Guiana), central Brazil (Minas Gerais), eastern Brazil (Bahia), and Paraguay; in non-inundated forest; to 1500 m.

  • Distribution

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