Monographs Details:
Authority:
Allen, Caroline K. 1966. Contributions to the botany of Guiana. II. Lauraceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 53-95.
Allen, Caroline K. 1966. Contributions to the botany of Guiana. II. Lauraceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 53-95.
Family:
Lauraceae
Lauraceae
Description:
Description - Usually small trees or shrubs with great variation in leaf habit, the constant characteritsic being the caudate leaf tips, and the minute flowers borne in slender racemose panicles.
Description - Usually small trees or shrubs with great variation in leaf habit, the constant characteritsic being the caudate leaf tips, and the minute flowers borne in slender racemose panicles.
Discussion:
Oreodaphne caudata Xees. Linnaea 21: 519. 1848.
Type. British Guiana. Roraima, Schomburgk 1404 (isotype, fl. fragm. F).
Vernacular Name. Laurel (Steyermark).
Pires et al. 51478 varies from the others listed in bearing more symmetrical, elliptic leaves with more prominent lateral nenes more gradually ascending, less arcuate, and frequently more conspicuous reticulation. The present treatment is concerned with the “caudata” complex only in regard to the current collections cited. It is not appropriate to attempt here a clarification of the several entities involved, if indeed there is more than a single variable species represented. [See brief discussion Allen, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 10(5) : 103. 1964.]
Distribution:
Venezuela South America| Brazil South America|
Venezuela South America| Brazil South America|