Schefflera guanayensis subsp. sipapoensis Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin

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 guanayensis subsp. sipapoensis Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin

Discussion

subsp. guanayensis foliolis basi cuneatim acutis vel subacutis, nervo marginali vix evoluto recedit.

Type. Phelps C a m p to North Savanna, 1400 m alt, C e n o Sipapo (Paraque), Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela, 17 Dec 1948, Bassett Maguire & Louis Politi 27756 (holotype N Y ) .

Schefflera guanayensis is related to S. pedicelligera, from which it may be distinguished by the non-crenulate leafmargins, the non-cordulate leaf bases, and the style branches which are shorter than the connate portion of the style.

Distribution

Ceno Sipapo, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Venezuela South America|