Pagameopsis maguirei subsp. neblinensis var. neblinensis
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Shrub 0.3-0.8 m ; inflorescence pink-purple; flowers pale purple; frequent in savanna 5 k m west of Cumbre Camp, summit, Cerro de la Neblina, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela, at alt. 1900 m, 6 Jan 1954, Basset Maguire, John J. Wurdack & George Bunting 37130 (holotype NY). Paratype. Same locality, open headland 8 k m north of Cumbre Camp, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 37199 (NY).
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Folia elliptico-oblonga vel oblongo-oblanceolata 3-6.5 cm longa 1-2 cm lata basi obtusa vel subobtusa ad subacuta 3-3-1/5-plo longiora quam latiora, costa media subtus parte basilari tertia pilosa; infiorescentiae longitudine latitudinem ca. aequanti 2.5-5.5 cm longa 2.5-4.5 cm lata.