Filed As:

Styracaceae
Styrax fanshawii Sandwith ( isotype )

All Determinations:

Styrax fanshawii Sandwith

Styrax glaber Sw. det. R. Monteiro, 1989

Location:

Guyana. Siba Creek.

Collector(s):

Forest Dept. British Guiana 3403 with , 01 Apr 1941

Description:

130 ft. tree 16 inches diameter, buttressed to 4 ft., irregular, and spreading to 6 ft., sap red; leaves chartaceous, glaucescent below, flowers 2-8 together in short axillary fascicles - calyx tubular mealy green, barely lobed - corolla tubular, white, fleshy, valvate in bud, lobed almost to base, lobes quite reflexed in flower - flowers sweet scented - filaments connate at base with an inner ring of whitish aborted stamens - ovary green. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

Frequent on one set of creek heads in Turu forest.

Other:

Collection Notes: Field No. F 667, indicating Fanshaw is collector.
Specimen Notes: See also NY 63356-63359, all Isotypes

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 63356
GUID: 9f3ace69-2657-494f-9ad6-aa313a69c663

Distribution:

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