Rapatea angustifolia Spruce ex Körn.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Rapateaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Rapatea angustifolia Spruce ex Körn.

  • Type

    Type. Ad flumina Casiquiari, Vasiva et Pacimoni (Amazonas, Venezuela), R. Spruce 3046 (K, photo N Y ; isotypes G H , NY, US, fragment F).

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Savanna marsh or streamside plants, known certainly only from the Rio Guainia region of Venezuela. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Rio Pacimoni, Casiquiare, Maguire, Wurdack c(; Bunting 36646; La Ceiba, Cano San Miguel, Rio Guainia, Maguire, Wurdack t& Keith 41911.

  • Discussion

    The original collection, Spruce 3046 consists only of diminutive specimens that may be depauperate or immature. The larger body of material, under the name of Rapatea circasiana, may indeed represent a more prevalent expression of the same species. At this time no satisfactory resolution can be made as to the degree of intimacy between the two.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Savanna marsh or streamside plants, known certainly only from the Rio Guainia region of Venezuela.

    Venezuela South America|