Abolboda grandis var. rigida Malme

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.

  • Family

    Xyridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Abolboda grandis var. rigida Malme

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Specimens examined: VENEZUELA: Amazonas: Duida, Tate 1041 (NY); Steyermark 58181 (F, NY); Cerro Paru at 2000 m alt., Cowan $ Wurdai-k 31146 (NY). BEAZIL: Campos de Ariramba (in regione medii fluminis Trombetas), in uliginosis frequentissime, Dec 4, 1910, Ducke 18967 (holotype S, photo NY, isotype P, photo NY, A. pervaginata Malme).

  • Discussion

    Abolboda pervaginata Malme, Ark. Bot. 25A12: 16. 1933.

    Abolboda rigida (Malme) Steyermark, Fieldiana Bot. 28: 105. 1951. Not A. rigida, Gleason.

    Type: Brocchinia Hills, summit of Mount Duida, Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela, at 4500 ft alt., Jan 4, 1929. G. H. H. Taie 586 (holotype NY, photo NY, F).

    Malme (I.c.) wrote of A. pervaginata, "A. grandis Griseb., cui quoad folia similis, peraffinis. Differt praecipue scapo multo altiore et paribus quatuor vaginarum instructo." The collection from Cerro Parti, Cowan & Wurdack 31146, cited above, has scapes provided with 3-5 pairs of bracts, and exceeds in height those of Ducke 18967.

  • Distribution

    Specimens examined: VENEZUELA: Amazonas: Duida, Tate 1041 (NY); Steyermark 58181 (F, NY); Cerro Paru at 2000 m alt., Cowan $ Wurdai-k 31146 (NY). BEAZIL: Campos de Ariramba (in regione medii fluminis Trombetas), in uliginosis frequentissime, Dec 4, 1910, Ducke 18967 (holotype S, photo NY, isotype P, photo NY, A. pervaginata Malme).

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