Raveniopsis paruana (R.S.Cowan) R.S.Cowan

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1960. The botany of the Guayana highland--Part IV. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-37.

  • Family

    Rutaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Raveniopsis paruana (R.S.Cowan) R.S.Cowan

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA: Amazonas: summit of Cerro Parú, Serrania Paru, Feb 1951, Cowan & Wurdack 31:285 (type collection). Apparently endemic to Cerro Paru, growing in thickets in rocky scrubsavanna.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 15.

    Ravenia paruana Cowan, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 122. Apr 1953.

    The solitary flowers of this species separate it from all others in the genus; the strongly hispid character of the vegetative parts is also distinctive.

  • Distribution

    VENEZUELA: Amazonas: summit of Cerro Parú, Serrania Paru, Feb 1951, Cowan & Wurdack 31:285 (type collection). Apparently endemic to Cerro Paru, growing in thickets in rocky scrubsavanna.

    Venezuela South America|