Nectandra cuspidata Nees & Mart.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Lauraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Nectandra cuspidata Nees & Mart.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Additional Distribution. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Bosques a lo largo de la frontera Venezolana-Brasilera, noreste de la Serrania Pia-soi (Pia-shauhy, Pia-Savi), steyermark 90613 (y.fr. NY), frequent along the Alto Rio Cuyuni, Maguire, Steyermark d; Maguire 46965 (fl. NY) ; Delta Amacuro: downstream from San Victor, Rio Amacuro, Sierra Imataca, Steyermark 87294 (fl. NY). BRITISH GUIANA. Upper Mazaruni River Basin: only specimen seen, fluvial forest along S bank. Camp 3, 1/2 mi below "falls" of Kako River, about 10 hours from mouth, S. S. & C. L. Tillett 45490 (fl. NY) . Mt. Ayanganna, locally frequent in disturbed areas, mixed evergreen forest on talus from cliffs along N E side, S. S. & C. L. Tillett & Boyan 45156 (fl. NY).

  • Discussion

    These specimens, with the exception of Steyermark 87294, are conspecific with the material cited and discussed in the recent treatment of Lauraceae (Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 10(5): 114. 1964). The afore-mentioned Steyermark number from Delta Amacuro appears to be a larger-leaved variant, the leaves more chartaceous than those of the others cited.

  • Distribution

    Additional Distribution. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Bosques a lo largo de la frontera Venezolana-Brasilera, noreste de la Serrania Pia-soi (Pia-shauhy, Pia-Savi), steyermark 90613 (y.fr. NY), frequent along the Alto Rio Cuyuni, Maguire, Steyermark d; Maguire 46965 (fl. N Y ) ; Delta Amacuro: downstream from San Victor, Rio Amacuro, Sierra Imataca, Steyermark 87294 (fl. NY). BRITISH GUIANA. Upper Mazaruni River Basin: only specimen seen, fluvial forest along S bank. Camp 3, 1/2 mi below "falls" of Kako

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