Marlierea montana (Aubl.) Amshoff

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.

  • Family

    Myrtaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Marlierea montana (Aubl.) Amshoff

  • Discussion

    Eugenia montana Aubl. PI. Guiane Fr. 1: 495. pl. 195. 1775.

    For description see Amshoff, Fl. Surin. 3: 66 (1951), or Berg, Linnaea 27: 15-17 (1855) [as M. obtusa (Benth.) Berg, or 31. suffruticosa Berg]. Type from French Guiana, but apparently rarely collected there; frequent in Suriname and British Guiana. Various collections from the Tafelberg are cited by Amshoff in Bull. Torrey Club 75: 530. (1948).