Sauvagesia miniata Steyerm.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1961. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IV (2). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-87.

  • Family

    Ochnaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sauvagesia miniata Steyerm.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA: Bolivar: Isla Casabe, Rio Paragua, Maguire 32710; slopes of Cerro Bolivar, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 35954; base of Piedra Marimare, Rio Orinoco, Wurdack & Monachino 40869. Amazonas: Puerto Ayacucho, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36184; Raudal de Atures, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36120; Caño Cupueni near San Fernando de Atabapo, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36231; Sanariapo, Steyermarlx. 58467 (isotype NY); Esmeralda Ridge, Steyermark 57730 (fide Steyermark).BRAZIL: Terr. Rio Braneo: Serra Tepequem, Maguire 4 Maguire 40013; Serra de Carauma, Ule 7735 (K) ; Serra do Mel, Vie 8227 (K, US). Amazonas: Panure, Spruce 2497 (K); mouth of Rio Igana, Bahlwin 33-28 (US).

  • Discussion

    Dwyer (Bull. Torrey Club 72: 535, 536. 1945) assigned S. ramosissima Spruce ex Eichler to the Longifoliae and by inference selected a Riedel collection as the lectotype; he did not mention the two syntype Spruce collections cited in the original description. In describing S. minmta, Steyermark assigned the species, correctly we believe, to Dwyer's Linearifoliae, but did not note the affinities with S. ramosissima. Our six recent collections of S. miniata show no reliable vegetative distinctions from S. ramosissima; however the filaments are 0.2-0.4 mm long, the anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long, and the oval to rotund inner corona segments 0.7-1 X 0.5-0.7 mm. For the Riedel collection of S. ramosissima at New York, the corresponding measurements are 0.2 mm, 0.7-0.9 mm, and 1.1-1.4 X 0.5-0.55 mm, with the inner corona segments more oblong than in S. miniata and the anthers longer with relatively shorter filaments. Mr. Sandwith kindly examined the Kew material of Spruce 2497 and 3707, as well as Vie 7335 and 8227; he reported floral measurements consistent with S. miniata and also wrote that the Riedel collections of S. ramosissima at Kew have larger fruiting perianths and fruits than the Spruce and Ule sheets. The original description and plate of S. ramosissima offer no basis for upsetting Dwyer's lectotypification, so we believe it best, pending further Brazilian collections of S. ramosissima, to accept two very closely related species, with S. miniata being widespread north of the Amazon. The followina- material seems ascribable to S. miniata.

  • Distribution

    VENEZUELA: Bolivar: Isla Casabe, Rio Paragua, Maguire 32710; slopes of Cerro Bolivar, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 35954; base of Piedra Marimare, Rio Orinoco, Wurdack & Monachino 40869. Amazonas: Puerto Ayacucho, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36184; Raudal de Atures, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36120; Caño Cupueni near San Fernando de Atabapo, Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36231; Sanariapo, Steyermarlx. 58467 (isotype NY); Esmeralda Ridge, Steyermark 57730 (fide Steyermark).BRAZIL: Terr. Rio Braneo: Se

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