Remijia roraimae (Benth.) Schum. var. roraimae

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Remijia roraimae (Benth.) Schum. var. roraimae

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Estado Bolívar, southeastern Venezuela, British Guiana, and Territorio do Rio Branco, Brazil. VENEZUELA. Estado Bolívar: alrededores de Santa Elena de Uairen, Guarampai, 25 Apr 1946, Lasser 1465; Mount Roraima, southwest-facing slopes bordered by hilly savanna, alt 1030-1155 m, 25 Sep 1944, Steyermark 58599; Mount Roraima, Philipp Camp, alt 1580-1818 m, 7 Nov 1927, Tate 311; sabanas pedregosas entre el Cerro Perai y las fuentes del Río Uaiparú, afluente del Ikabaru, alt 900 m, 22 Oct 1946, Cardona 1871; Caño Auacapá, Río Apacará, Municipio Urimán, alt 500-550 m, 16 Aug 1954, Bernardi 1464; sobre orillas del río Ikabarú, 16 Apr 1957, Bernardi 6597; along Río Tirica (Río Apururén) just above Techiné-merú, alt 470 m, 16 Jan 1955, Steyermark & Wurdack 90, 91; Chimanta Massif, southwestern-facing forested slopes of Chimantá-tepui (Torono-tepui), between Base Camp and steep slopes above valley of Río Tirica, alt 1000-1400 m, 15 May 1953, Steyermark 75398; Chimantá Massif, Torono-tepui, along banks of Caño Mojado, east of north escarpment, below upper falls of Caño Mojado, summit, alt 1895-1910 m, 20 Feb 1955, Steyermark & Wurdack 947. BRITISH GUIANA: southern Roraima, Arabau Creek edging savannah, 8 Dec 1957, Forestry Dept. Field No. RB 106 (Record No. 7930). BRAZIL. Territorio do Rio Branco: frontier between Estado Bolívar, Venezuela and Brazil, northeast slopes of Serra do Sol, alt 1900 m, 28 Dec 1954, Bassett & C. K. Maguire 40382.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Estado Bolívar, southeastern Venezuela, British Guiana, and Territorio do Rio Branco, Brazil.

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