Hieronyma laxiflora (Tul.) Müll.Arg.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hieronyma laxiflora (Tul.) Müll.Arg.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Low altitude (150 - 400 m) to sea level. North of the Amazon, in British and French Guianas; Delta Amacuro, State of Bolivar and Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela. SURINAME. Zandery, Forest Station, Groningen, 10 May 1916, Samuels 95 (male NY) ; Arbor No. 180, Herb, no 333 (female NY); Kaboerie, Arbor No. 670, 28 Jul 1922, Herb, no 5934 (female NY); Km 24 spoorlijn, Oct 1942, Wood herbarium 102 (male NY); Saramacca River headwaters, village Kwattahede, 21 Jun 1944, Maguire 23922 (male NY); Zanderij, grounds of Land’s Bosbeheer, 11 Feb 1964, Lems 5090 (sterile NY). BRITISH GUIANA. "Guiana" Herb. Bentham, 1840, H. F. Talbot s.n. (male NY); Demerara River, May 1887, Jenman 3938 (female NY); Amacura River, below San Victor, sea level, 13 Jul 1908, C. Wilgress Anderson 43 (male NY) ; Pomeroon district, Kamwatta, 21 Sep 1921, De La Cruz 1209 (sterile NY); upper Mazaruni River, 22 Sep-6 Oct 1922, De La Cruz 2242 2367 (male NY) Kaieteur Falls, Potaro River, 23 Oct-3 Nov 1923, De La Cruz 4500 (male NY); Pomeroon district, Moruka River, Jul 1927, De La Cruz 4530 (female NY); Essequibo River, Morabelli Creek, sea level, 13 Sep-1 Nov 1929, Sandwith 249 (female NY), 544 NY); lower Cuyuni River, opposite Kauria Creek, 24 Aug 1945, Forest Dept. F 2534, Rec. 5279 (female NY). VENEZELA. Delta Amacuro: Cano Jobure, sea level, 7 Apr 1955, Wurdack 272 (male NY) El Palmar-Randal trail, Upper Rio Toro Drainage, alt 270-470 m (with very large leaves 48 cm long, 22 cm wide), 21 Nov 1955, Wurdack & Monachino 39702 (sterile NY); NE of El Palmar, 19 May 1964. Berti 168 (male NY); Aug-Sep 1964, Berti 363 (female NY); Bolivar: El Dorado, Km 88 carretera Sta. Elana, alt 150 m, 26 Feb 1959, Bernardi 7281 (female) 7282 NY; occasional, Vista Geral, Rio Cotiga, alt 720 m, 11 Dec 1954, Maguire d Maguire 40209 NY); Altiplanicie de Nuria, E of El Cruzero, ESE of Villa Lola, lat 315 m, 16 Jul 1960, Steyermark 86415 (Juv. female NY); Rio Toro (Rio Grande) between Rio La Reforma and Puerto Rico, north of El Palmar, alt 200-250 m, 16 Dec 1960, Steyermark 88137 (female NY); vicinity of camp, 5 km from Hato de Nuria, E of Miamo, Altiplanicie de Nuria, alt 400 m, 12 Jan 1961, Steyermark 88353 (juv. male NY); Amazonas: Upper Canon Grande, Cerro de la Neblina, alt 1900 m, 11 Dec 1957, Maguire, Maguire & Wurdack 42355 (male NY); Barinas: Pedraza, 11 Dec 1954, Bernardi 1729 (sterile NY). BRAZIL. Amapa: near first cachoeira on Rio Lave E of confluence with Rio Oiapoque, 23-24 Aug 1960, Irwin & Westra 47160(2 NY); Irwin, Pires A Westra 47789 (2 NY) ; Para: near Tapiehe Hvpolito, 24 Aug 1954, Krukoff 5871 (rf NY) ; vicinity of Belem, Sep-Oct 1961, Pires 51744, 51887 (sterile NY). "

  • Discussion

    Stilaginella laxiflora Tulasne, Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 15 : 244. 1851.

    Type. Two syntypes quoted as “Nascitur in Guianae Britannica et Batava (Schombwrgk Herb. n. 879, Hostmann Herb. n. 391)" (photo of Hostmann 391 NY).

  • Distribution

    Low altitude (150 - 400 m) to sea level. North of the Amazon, in British and French Guianas; Delta Amacuro, State of Bolivar and Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela.

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