Chimarrhis turbinata DC.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Chimarrhis turbinata DC.

  • Type

    Type. In Cayenna (French Guiana), Patris.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Suriname, French Guiana, and Amazonian Brazil (Para, Amapa).

  • Discussion

    Pseudochimarrhis turbinata (DC.) Ducke, Archiv. Jard. Bot. Eio Janeiro 3: 255. 1922. Elaeagia brasiliensis Standi, in Gleason & A. C. Smith, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60: 395. 1933, type: Boa Vista, Fordlandia, Tapajos river region. Para, Brazil, Sep 1931, B. A. Krukoff 1018 (NY). Chimarrhis duckei Eizz. Eev. Bras. Biol. 7: 277. 1947. I have not been able to discern any differences between specimens cited by Ducke (15457, 15480, 9425, and 9713 in Archiv. Jard. Bot. Rio Janeiro 3: 255. 1922) and those later cited as the same species (Archiv. Bot. Rio Janeiro 4: 178. 1925), but the latter reference treated by Rizzini is a different species, C. duckei

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Suriname, French Guiana, and Amazonian Brazil (Para, Amapa).

    Suriname South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America|