Monographs Details:
Authority:
Maguire, Bassett. 1984. The Botany of the Guyana Highland - Part XII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 38: 1-84.
Maguire, Bassett. 1984. The Botany of the Guyana Highland - Part XII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 38: 1-84.
Family:
Araliaceae
Araliaceae
Description:
Genus Description - A genus of m o r e than 60 species of the American tropics and tropical Asia. S o m e 50 are accredited to the Western Hemisphere, and two species to Guayana. A s indicated in the key, the leaves are simple, and the style columnar and simple, the stigmas sessile or short-radiate.
Genus Description - A genus of m o r e than 60 species of the American tropics and tropical Asia. S o m e 50 are accredited to the Western Hemisphere, and two species to Guayana. A s indicated in the key, the leaves are simple, and the style columnar and simple, the stigmas sessile or short-radiate.
Discussion:
Gilibertia Ruiz & Pavon, Prodr. 50. 1794 (non J. F. Gmel. 1791).
Type. Dendropanax arboreum (L.) Decne. & Planch.