Schefflera coriacea subsp. neblinae (Marchal) 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 coriacea subsp. neblinae Maguire, Steyerm. & Frodin

Description

Species Description - A subsp. coriacea stylis plerumque tribus.

Distribution and Ecology - Montane slopes ofthe Brazilian-Venezuelan Amazonian frontier region, and the summit of Cerro Marahuaca, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Discussion

Type. Tree 3 m high, 10 c m diam, calyx yellowish, corolla cream, slope of Pirapucu, Serra da Neblina, 1300 m ah, Rio Negro, Rio Cauaburi, Rio Maturaca, 26 Jan 1966, Nilo T. Silva & Umbelino Brazao 60903 (holotype N Y ) .

The trilocular ovaries and brown pubescence ofthe lower surface ofthe leaflets relate Schefflera coriacea subsp. neblinae to S. umbellata, but the non-decurrent leaflets and superposed verticels ofthe inflorescence suggest a closer affinity with S. coriacea.