Phyllanthus duidae Gleason

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Phyllanthus duidae Gleason

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Known only from Mt. Duida. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: summit of Mt. Duida, on dryish rock outcrop, ridge 23 A, Tate 479 (NY); Cerro Duida, Rio Cunucunuma, rocks in moss forest, ridge west of Cano Culebra, alt 1700-1800 m, 22 Nov 1950, Maguire. Cowan & Wurdack 29654 (NY); Cerro Duida, Rio Cunucunuma, north slopes of Cano Negro Basin, alt 2000-2300 m, 23 Nov 1950, Maguire. Cowan & Wurdack 29702 (NY); Cerro Duida, alt 1000 m, 22-24 Apr 1949, Maguire & Maguire 29106 (NY); Summit of Cerro Duida, Savanna Hills, alt 1025-1200 m, 2 Sep 1944, Steyermark 58304 (NY).

  • Discussion

    Type. Summit of Mount Duida, summit of peak no. 7, alt 7100 ft, Amazonas, Venezuela, Aug 1928 - Apr 1929, G. H. H. Tate 629 (holotype NY), 640 (paratype NY).

    In amplification of the original description it has to be noted that the (female) calyx lobes are definitely imbricate, not valvate, and that there is a disc divided into 6 glands below the ovary and the stamens also. The cataphylls of permanent branches are small, narrowly triangular, somewhat longer and narrower than the stipules. The leaflets are reniform, clasping the stem, 2-4 cm wide, 1-2 cm long about 14 of them on the deciduous branchlet. The embryo is slightly curved with circular cotyledons 2.6 mm long and the radicles about 0.7 mm long.

  • Distribution

    Known only from Mt. Duida.

    Venezuela South America|