Syngonanthus savannarum var. glabrescens Moldenke

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett, et al. 1957. Botany of the Chimanta Massif - I Gran Sabana, Venezuela. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9 (3): 393-484.

• Family

  Eriocaulaceae

• Scientific Name

  Syngonanthus savannarum var. glabrescens Moldenke

• Description

  Latin Diagnosis - Haec varietas a fonna typica speciei recedit caulibus multiramosis, ramis ca. 10 cm longis dense foliosis et ubique glabris vel subglabratis.

• Discussion

  TYPE: Julian A. Steyermark & John J. Wurdack 539, along a rivulet at the base of the Upper Falls of the Rio Tirica above Summit Camp, growing in dense tufts, alt. 1940-1050 m, Central Section of the Chimanta Massif, Bolivar, Venezuela, February 7, 1955 (NY). The collectors note that the leaves are membranous, grass-green, ascending, the peduncles pale-green, the involucres grayblackish, and the heads white, and that the plant is rare at the type locality.