Moronobea pulchra Ducke
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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
Clusiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Discussion
Type. In campina arenosa ad Ponta Negro prope Urbem Manaos, civitatis Amazonas capitalem, 1. A. Ducke 20-11-1910 florif. n. 11,200 (Rio). I have seen Ducke 13649 (NY, P, G, Rio), and in addition Coelho 2937 (NY) and Ducke, Manaos, Oct-Nov 1931, s.n. (GH).
A white or pale large flowered form of small stature. Collected on inundable sites near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. It is improbable that this population is specifically distinct from M . coccinea, from which it apparently differs only quantitatively. More likely the varzea population constitutes an ecological variant.