Pagamea coriacea var. pubescens Steyerm.

• Authority

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

• Family

  Rubiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Pagamea coriacea var. pubescens Steyerm.

• Type

  Type. Arbor parva; floribus albidis; campina arenosa, Acajutaba, Rio Negro inferiore, Amazonas, Brazil, 22 Mar 1941, A. Ducke 683 (holotype U S , isotype NY) Paratype. VENEZUELA. Savanna shrub along lower Rio Sipapo, Rio Cuao Amazonas, at alt. 100 m , 19 Dec 1948, Maguire ds. Politi 27858 (NY).

• Description

  Latin Diagnosis - A var. coriacea differt axillibus nervorum lateralium laminarum foliorum subtus barbatis, lobis calycis plerumque 5 ovatis prominentioribus apice aeutis vel apiculatis 0.5-0.7 mm longis 0.5-0.7 mm latis extus minute hispidulo-puberulentibus tubo calycis 1.5 mm longo extus abundante minuteque hispidulopuberulenti, corollae tubo extus glabro intus fauce dense villosulo, lobis intus dense villosulis.