Borreria pygmaea Spruce ex Schum. var. pygmaea

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Borreria pygmaea Spruce ex Schum. var. pygmaea

  • Type

    Type. Prope Maypures, ad flumen Orinoco, Jun 1854, Amazonas, Venezuela, Spruce 3598.

  • Discussion

    Borreria pygmaea Spruce ex Schum., Mart. Fl. Bras. 6(6): 58. 1888.

    The collection of Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36031 is intermediate between typical var pygmaea and the variety described below, having stems 6-10 cm tall, and, although the corollas are small (1.6-2 mm long) as in var pygmaea, their lobes are dorsally pubescent as in var robusta.