Filed As:

Apocynaceae
Geissospermum laeve (Vell.) Miers

All Determinations:

Geissospermum laeve (Vell.) Miers det. B. Wallnöfer, 19 Nov 1997

Location:

French Guiana. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. Saül and vicinity: Les Eaux Claires, ca. 7 km N of Saül; Sentier Botanique, ca. 2-2.5 km from start of trail. Alt. 350 - 400 m. (1148 - 1312 ft.)

Collector(s):

B. Wallnöfer 13462 with S. A. Mori, B.Fischer, S.Heald & M.Gustafsson, 08 Nov 1997

Description:

Juvenile treelet 1,4 m tall, with two stems from base; younger twigs exuding a little white latex; wood in cross-section composed of 6 layers, which are alternating brown and lighter brown; ramification according to Nozeran's model (very similar to Pr,vost's model); each stem composed of ca. 5 modules (growth-units), which are 15-30 cm long; stem between the terminal whorl and the new shoot 0,8-3 cm long; each terminal whorl composed of three plagiotrophic branches; each branch with 1-2 ramifications and 5-14, distichous leaves between the ramifications; older twigs and leaves at first sight glabrous; youngest twigs with appressed brown hairs; young leaves appressed whitish-sericeous. Phenology of specimen: Sterile.

Habitat:

Lowland tropical moist forest. Along a ridge.

Other:

Specimen Notes: 8 photographs taken

Identifiers:

GUID: c8bcc702-bd9f-4c59-9deb-4f154f3d3be4

Map:

Coordinates: (3.62, -53.2)

Distribution:

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