Endlicheria maguireana C.K.Allen
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1964. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part V. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-278.
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Family
Lauraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the endemic sandstone area of Cerro de la Neblina, of southern Venezuela.
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Discussion
Fig. 42.
Type. Tree 12 m, flowers greenish-white, occasional along banks of Cañon Grande River, SSE of Cumbre Camp, Cerro de la Neblina, Rio Yatua, Amazonas, Venezuela, 1100-1150 m, 26 Dec 1957, Bassett Maguire, John J. Wurdack & Celia K. Maguire 42521 (holotype, [female] fl. NY).
The yellow-green, perfectly elliptic leaves of this species are in strong contrast with the loosely flowered, exceedingly slender, tenuous inflorescences. Again, it is difficult to relate this to any of the known s]>e('ies of the genus. The leaves and habit of the inflorescences strongly suggest Aiouea, but the flowers are tvpical of Endlieheria.
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Distribution
Distribution. Known only from the type locality in the endemic sandstone area of Cerro de la Neblina, of southern Venezuela.
Venezuela South America|