Styrax duidae subsp. paruae 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 duidae subsp. paruae Maguire

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - Laminis foliorum vulgo 5-6 cm longis, 3-4 cm latis. obtusiusculis; lobis corollarum ca 7 mm longis, 1.5 mm latis.

    Distribution and Ecology - Known only from Cerro Parú.

  • Discussion

    Type. Shrub 1.5 m, fruit green, cumbre along west rim of Cerro Paru, 2000 m alt, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela, 7 Feb 1951, R. S. Cowan & John J. Wurdack 31340 (holotype NY).