Micrandra sprucei (Müll.Arg.) R.E.Schult.

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Micrandra sprucei (Müll.Arg.) R.E.Schult.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Limited to Rio Guainia and the uppermost Rio Negro in the Brazilian, Colombian and Venezuelan borderland. VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Rio Negro near San Carlos, 9 Dec 1947, Schultes & Lopez 92S4 (topotype), 15 Dec 1947, Schultes & Lopez 9373; Rio Negro. Piedra de Cocui, forest around base of mountain, S May 1948, Schultes & Lopez 9881. COLOMBIA. Vaupes: Rio Guainia near Sejal, Jun 1948, Schultes A Lopez 10043; below San Antonio, Cano del Lora, Jun 1948, Schultes & Lopez 10131.

  • Discussion

    Clusiophyllum sprucei Miill.-Arg., Flora 57: 518. 1S64.

    Cunuria crassipes Miill.-Arg.. Mart. Fl. Bras. 11(2): 510. 1S74.

    Type. Prope San Carlos ad Rio Negro, R. Spruce 3474 (isotype in NY), 3029 (photo in NY).

  • Distribution

    Limited to Rio Guainia and the uppermost Rio Negro in the Brazilian, Colombian and Venezuelan borderland.

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