Myrcia albidotomentosa (Amshoff) McVaugh

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1969. The botany of the Guayana Highland-part VIII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 18: 1-290.

  • Family

    Myrtaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Myrcia albidotomentosa (Amshoff) McVaugh

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Cerro Sipapo (Paraque), elev 1400 m, 23Dec 1948 (fl), Maguire & Politi 27893 ( M I C H ) . Bolivar: Ptari-tepui, near MissieKathy Camp, elev 1500 m, 17 Dec 1952 (fl), Maguire & Wurdack 33850 ( M I C H );Cerro Aprada, Caroni, elev 1100 m, 20 Nov 1946 (bud), Cardona 1984 (NY);Quebrada 0-paru-ma, between Sta. Teresita de Kavanayen and Rio Pacairao, elev1065-1220 m, 20-21 Nov 1944 (bud), Steyermark 60354 (F, type of ^. amshoffiana).BRITISH G U I A N A : Kaieteur Savanna, elev 360 m, Sep 1937 (fl), Sandwith 1392(K, type; U, NY) , Sandwith 1344 (K, NY) ; Kaieteur Plateau, beyond Mure-Muresavanna, elev 420 m, 15-16 Mar 1962 (fr). Cowan 6- Soderstrom 2200 ( M I C H ).SURINAINIE: Tafelberg, Maguire 24274, 24734, 24783 (not seen, cited by Amshoff).

  • Discussion

    Aulomyrcia albido-tomentosa Amsh., Bull. Torrey Club. 75: 532. 1948

    Aulomyrcia amshoffiana Steyerm., Fieldiana Bot. 28: 1003. 1957

    A distinctive endemic montane species, readily recognized by the whitish pubescence of the slender inflorescneces, and by the coriaceous leaves with impressed mid-vein: the leaves in drying become rusy -red beneath. For description see Amshoff (Bull. Torrey Club 75: 532) or Steyermark (Fieldiana Bot. 28: 1003, 1004. 1957). The original specimens of Myrcia albido-tomentosa came from British Guiana, and Steyermark believed that the Venezuelan plant represented a different species, but the additional collections cited below make it apparent that but one species, and that not a particularly variable one, is involved. A superficially similar species, readily distinguished by the characters used in the key above, is M . ptariensis. This species is one of these on the borderline between Myrcia and Marlierea, resembling the latter in its 4-merous calyx, the lobes of which are sometimes partly deciduous.

  • Distribution

    V E N E Z U E L A . Amazonas: Cerro Sipapo (Paraque), elev 1400 m, 23Dec 1948 (fl), Maguire & Politi 27893 ( M I C H ) . Bolivar: Ptari-tepui, near MissieKathy Camp, elev 1500 m, 17 Dec 1952 (fl), Maguire & Wurdack 33850 ( M I C H );Cerro Aprada, Caroni, elev 1100 m, 20 Nov 1946 (bud), Cardona 1984 ( N Y );Quebrada 0-paru-ma, between Sta. Teresita de Kavanayen and Rio Pacairao, elev1065-1220 m, 20-21 Nov 1944 (bud), Steyermark 60354 (F, type of ^. amshoffiana).BRITISH G U I A N A : Kaieteur Sava

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