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.
Other:

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

NY Barcode: 63359
GUID: 521be153-0b17-4266-afcb-12bbf2ab741f
Related Objects:

Specimen - 63357, Forest Dept. British Guiana 3403, Styrax fanshawii Sandwith, Styracaceae (271.0), Magnoliophyta, isotype; South America, Guyana
Specimen - 63356, Forest Dept. British Guiana 3403, Styrax fanshawii Sandwith, Styracaceae (271.0), Magnoliophyta, isotype; South America, Guyana
Specimen - 63358, Forest Dept. British Guiana 3403, Styrax fanshawii Sandwith, Styracaceae (271.0), Magnoliophyta, isotype; South America, Guyana
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