Banisteriopsis martiniana var. martiniana
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part XI. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 32: 1-391.
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Family
Malpighiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Variety Description - Branches minutely puberulent to glabrate, the hairs brown. Lamina of the leaves 4.5-12.5 cm long, 2-6.9 cm wide, truncate to subcordate at the base, obtuse to short-acuminate at the apex, plane, subcoriaceous to coriaceous, sparsely sericeous to soon glabrate on both sides, the marginal glands cupulate; petiole 3-15 mm long. Inflorescence minutely tomentose, rarely glabrate, the hairs ferrugineous, the reduced leaves sparsely sericeous, the branches subtending the umbels 4-8(-15) mm long.
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Distribution
Distribution. Northeastern South America, common in eastern Guayana at elevations of 100-2000 m. Guayana collections: GUYANA. Kamakusa, Upper Mazaruni, De La Cruz 4075 (F, GH, MO, NY, US), 4160 (F, GH, MO, US), 4251 (F, GH, MO, NY, US); Kaieteur Falls, De La Cruz 4494 (NY, US); Samwarankna-Tipu, Pakaraima Mts, elev 1100 m, Maguire & Fanshawe 32499 (K, MICH, NY); Kaieteur Savannah, elev 300-360 m, Sandwith 1441 (NY); Kukui River, Upper Mazaruni, elev 470 m, Tillett & Tillett 45387 (K, MICH, NY, U
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