Myrciaria cordata O.Berg

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Myrtaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Myrciaria cordata O.Berg

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRITISH GUIANA. Roraima, Schomburgk 608 {¥, G, M I C H , W , isotypes);without locality, Schomburgk 957 (W, "ex hb. Berol.," sterile; K, ex hb. Berol., det.Berg, fl, lectotype), 608/957B (K, isotype). BRAZIL. Rio Branco, Sa. de Mairary,elev 600 m, Nov 1909 (fl). Vie 8437 (K).

  • Discussion

    This is apparently still known only from the original collections by Schomburgk, and from the additional specimen cited below. The obtuse, cordate and subsessile leaves are unique in the genus as far as known.

    The holotype, "Rich. Schomburgk, coh. no. 957," in "hb. Berol.," is assumed to have been destroyed. The K e w specimen of the same number is chosen as lectotype because it was distributed from Berhn, and it was annotated by Berg. For an explanation of the numbering system used by the Schomburgk brothers, see the introduction to this paper.

  • Distribution

    BRITISH GUIANA. Roraima, Schomburgk 608 {¥, G, M I C H , W , isotypes);without locality, Schomburgk 957 (W, "ex hb. Berol.," sterile; K, ex hb. Berol., det.Berg, fl, lectotype), 608/957B (K, isotype). BRAZIL. Rio Branco, Sa. de Mairary,elev 600 m, Nov 1909 (fl). Vie 8437 (K).

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