Rapatea elongata G.K.Schultze

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

  • Family

    Rapateaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Rapatea elongata G.K.Schultze

  • Type

    Type. Entre Tres Buritis e Jose Bonifacio, Mato Grosso, Brasilien, Juni, F. G. Kuhlmann 1638 (isotype RB).

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: perennial herb to 2 m high, frequent in wet places, woodland along igarape 66 km W of Vilhena, Maguire, Pires, Maguire d Silva 56536. COLOMBIA. Valle: coastal Buenaventura, Cuatrecasas 19752 (F, NY) . A'aupes: Kananari, Schultes d Cabrera 13396 (NY), 14449 (NY) ; Rio Piraparana, Schultes d Cahrera 17125 (NY) ; Rio Karuru, Schultes & Cabrera 19192; Rio Paca, Schultes d; Cabrera 19549 (NY).

  • Distribution

    Distribution. BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: perennial herb to 2 m high, frequent in wet places, woodland along igarape 66 km W of Vilhena, Maguire, Pires, Maguire d Silva 56536. COLOMBIA. Valle: coastal Buenaventura, Cuatrecasas 19752 (F, N Y ) . A'aupes: Kananari, Schultes d Cabrera 13396 (NY), 14449 (NY) ; Rio Piraparana, Schultes d Cahrera 17125 (NY) ; Rio Karuru, Schultes & Cabrera 19192; Rio Paca, Schultes d; Cabrera 19549 (NY).

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