Dipteryx rigida (Schery) Cowan

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Dipteryx rigida (Schery) Cowan

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA: Amazonas: infrequent shrub in margin of Savanna No. 3, base of Cerro Yapacana, 150 m elev., Maffuire, Cowan, & Wurdack 30484; same data and collectors, Jan 7, 1951, 30810.

  • Discussion

    Taralea rigida Schery, Fieldiana Bot. 28: 266. 1952.

    These two collections are, unfortunately, unicates; they have been compared with the type of this species and, although there are a few minor differences, they do not appear to be significantly different. There is a great altitudinal disjunction between the original material from Kavanayen in the Gran Sabana and these collections on the opposite side of Venezuela, but in other respects the ecological conditions are much the same.

  • Distribution

    VENEZUELA: Amazonas: infrequent shrub in margin of Savanna No. 3, base of Cerro Yapacana, 150 m elev., Maffuire, Cowan, & Wurdack 30484; same data and collectors, Jan 7, 1951, 30810.

    Venezuela South America|