Schefflera quinquecarinata Steyerm.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1984. The Botany of the Guyana Highland - Part XII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 38: 1-84.

  • Family

    Araliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Schefflera quinquecarinata Steyerm.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - A large forest tree of median altitudes, occasional in the eastern Gran Sabana and adjacent Pakaraima Plateau of Guyana.

  • Discussion

    Type. Tree 12 m tall, in forested area, ridge top. Km 134, headwaters Rio Cuyuni, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela, 23 Apr 1960, /. A. Steyermark & S. Nilsson 483 (holotype V E N , isotype N Y ) .

    Tillett et al. 44849, of the M e r u m e Mountains, Guyana, exhibits shortened petiolules, and m a y prove to represent a distinct variant.

  • Distribution

    A large forest tree of median altitudes, occasional in the eastemGran Sabana and adjacent Pakaraima Plateau of Guyana.

    Venezuela South America| Guyana South America|