Pagamea capitata subsp. caudata (Huber) 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 capitata subsp. caudata (Huber) Steyerm.

• Type

  Type. In fruticetis campina rana dictis ad flumen Ariramba superiore, Para, Brazil, 20 Decembre 1906, A. Ducke 8026b (holotype MG, fragment of holotype at F).

• Discussion

  P. caudata Huber, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve 1915, ser. 2, 6: 211. fig. 17. 9 Nov 1914. Although Huber describes the setae at the apex of the stipular sheath as 2-3 mm long, a photograph of the type specimen at F shows the setae as short as 1.5 mm.