Oenocarpus oligocarpa (Griseb.) Wess.Boer
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.
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Family
Arecaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Guianas, eastern Venezuela, and Trinidad; scattered but locally frequent in rather well-drained places in dense forests, on the mountain-slopes up to about 800 m elevation. GUYANA. Upper Mazaruni River Basin, Merume Mountains, Partang R., alt 580 m, Tillett, Tillett & Boyan 43911 (NY).
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Discussion
Jessenia oligocarpa Grisebach, Flora Brit. W. Ind. 516, 1864.
Type. Crueger sn, Trinidad (K).
Oenocarpus oligocarpa is essentially a lowland species; its vertical range seems somewhat more restricted than in O. bataua.
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Distribution
Distribution. Guianas, eastern Venezuela, and Trinidad; scattered but locally frequent in rather well-drained places in dense forests, on the mountain-slopes up to about 800 m elevation.
Guyana South America| French Guiana South America| Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America|