Distictella elongata (Vahl) Urb.

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part X. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 1-288.

• Family

  Bignoniaceae

• Scientific Name

  Distictella elongata (Vahl) Urb.

• Discussion

  1. Distictella elongata (Vahl) Urban, Fedde Rep. 14: 310. 1916. Bignonia elongata Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 2: 45, t 16. 1798. Type. Fr. Guiana, Cayenne, Von Rohr 1001 (C). This chiefly lowland species is characterized by its tannish puberulous leaf undersurface. Probably D. guianensis (Bur. & K. Schum.) Urb. and D. parkeri (DC.) Sprague & Sandw. are not specifically distinct.