Styrax tafelbergensis Maguire

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part X. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 1-288.

  • Family

    Styracaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Styrax tafelbergensis Maguire

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Arbores ad 15 m altae; foliis lanceolatis, vulgo 8-10 cm longis, 2.5-4.0 cm latis, longi-acuminatis, subter albido-bubalinis, tomento subtiliter stellato, cum prominenter rufo-stellato-squamis; supra glabris; nervis aliquantum 5-jugis, prominentibus, fusco-stellatis squamatis; inflorescentiis vulgo 6-10-floribus; calycibus 4-5 mm longis, 5-denticulatis; corollis ca 12 mm longis; poUine ca 80µ diam, subsphaeroideo, tricolporato, colpis prominentibus; sporodermate rugulosopunctato; fructibus vulgo monospermis.

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Known from the summit of Tafelberg.

  • Discussion

    Type. Frequent, tree to 12 m tall, 15 cm diam, flowers white, leaves silvery beneath, southeast margin of Arrowhead Basin, 565 m alt, Tafelberg, Suriname, 19 Aug 1944, Basset Maguire 24416 (holotype NY).