Eugenia llewelynii Steyerm.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Myrtaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Eugenia llewelynii Steyerm.

  • Discussion

    For description see Steyermark. This plant is apparently the representative in the Orinoco lowlands of the species-group that includes Eugenia chrysophyllum in the Guiana lowlands, and E. kaieteurcnsis in British Guiana and adjacent Venezuela. It is known to m e from the original cohections only, viz, V E N E Z U E L A . Amazonas: Cafio San Miguel, Rio Guainia, elev 125 m, Williams 14881 {¥, U S ) ; Sanariapo, elev 124 m, 2 Jul 1942 (imm fr), Williams 15958 (¥); Sanariapo, Puerto Ayacucho, elev 124 m, 15 Apr 1942 (fl), Williams 14962 {¥, type).