Arrabidaea brachypoda (DC.) Bureau

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1957. The Botany of the Guiana Highland -- Part II. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (3): 235-392.

  • Family

    Bignoniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Arrabidaea brachypoda (DC.) Bureau

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA: Bolivar: shrub 0.5-1 m, with pink fls., infrequent in lower slope forest along Fundacion Road, 325-415 m, Feb. 27th 1953, J. J. Wurdack 34428. Without data, comm. 1926, Pittier 12048. These are the first specimens I have seen from Venezuela. This variable species has a wide distribution in South America, from British Guiana to Brazil, Paraguay, Amazonian Bolivia, and Peru.

  • Discussion

    A. platyphylla (Cham.) Bur. et K. Schum., non A. platyphylla DC.

  • Distribution

    VENEZUELA: Bolivar: shrub 0.5-1 m, with pink fls., infrequent in lower slope forest along Fundacion Road, 325-415 m, Feb. 27th 1953, J. J. Wurdack 34428. Without data, comm. 1926, Pittier 12048. These are the first specimens I have seen from Venezuela. This variable species has a wide distribution in South America, from British Guiana to Brazil, Paraguay, Amazonian Bolivia, and Peru.

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