Maquira

• Authority

  Berg, Cornelius C. 2001. Moreae, Artocarpeae, and (Moraceae): With introductions to the family and and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 83: 1-346. (Published by NYBG Press)

• Family

  Moraceae

• Scientific Name

  Maquira

• Description

  Genus Description - (see Berg, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 7: 62-75. 1972).

• Discussion

  Additional collections, especially those made in western Ecuador and various localities in the upper Amazon Basin, have led to combining Maquira guianensis and M. costaricana at the specific level. Further botanical exploration revealed for all taxa wider ranges of distribution than known before. 0.5-2 cm long. Peduncle of the pistillate inflorescence 0.5-1.6 cm long; pistillate flowers usually more than 20 (to 50). Fruiting perianth subobovoid, often ± distinctly ribbed, brown velutinous, with a ± truncate apex.

• Distribution

  Maranhão Brazil South America| Mato Grosso Brazil South America| Rondônia Brazil South America| Roraima Brazil South America| Upper Demerara-Berbice Guyana South America| Bolívar Venezuela South America|