Phyllanthus elsiae Urb.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Phyllanthus elsiae Urb.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - A medium sized tree of low altitudes, West Indies, Central America, Mexico, British Guiana, and Orinoco Delta. VENEZUELA. Delta Amacuro: Rio Manimo-Buelta Triste, 20 Feb 1911, Bond, Gillin & Brown 158 (5), 163 (male); Bolivar: Island in Rio Orinoco, between Puerto Paez and Orupe, alt 80 m, 18 Dec 1955, Wurdack & Monachino 39967; Cerero de playa: Isla Cuba, Orinoco, 14 Mar 1961, Roze s.n. BRITISH GUIANA. Coast land, Sep 1924, Persaud 160.

  • Discussion

    Tobago, Auchenskeoch Beach, March 25, 1914, W E. Broadway 4789 [Holotype was in Berlin and is now probably destroyed. A duplicate of it in the U.S. herbarium has been designated as lectotype by AVebster (Jour. Arnold Arb. 38: 74. 1957.)]

    P. elsiae and P. acidus, apart from the radically different constitution of the fruit, are quite similar and without fruits sometimes difficult to distinguish.

  • Distribution

    A medium sized tree of low altitudes, West Indies, Central America, Mexico, British Guiana, and Orinoco Delta.

    Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| West Indies| Central America| Mexico North America|