Senefelderopsis venamoensis Jabl.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Senefelderopsis venamoensis Jabl.

  • Type

    Type. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: northwest slopes between road campamento 125 and beginning of dwarf forest above sandstone bluffs, above waterfall, Cerro Venamo, alt. 1100-1300 m, 14 Apr 1960, Julian A. Steyermark & Sven Nilsson 726 (NY).

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Lamina foliorum obovata vel elliptica, subtus glauca, 11-14 cm longitudine, 6-7 cm latitudine, basi cuneata, apice subrotundate vel subacuto. Fruetus more S. chiribiquitensi subcylindrica atra, opaca, apice rostrate. Pericarpium lignosum durum, 2 mm crassitudine. Semina globosa, subnitidula, ecarunculata. Flores ignoti.

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Known only from the type.