Maytenus spinosa (Griseb.) Lourteig & O'Donell

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Plants of BOLIVIA
Celastraceae
Gymnosporia spinosa (Griseb.) Loes.
(Syn. G. boliviana Loes.)
det. M. Nee, 1996
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Caballero, 9 km. (by air) SE
of Comarapa, 2.2 km. by road from main Comarapa-
San Isidro highway on road to Pulquina Arriba,
17°58’S, 64°28’W. alt. 1800 m.
Arid hillside, thin woodland of Capparis speciosa, C.
atamisquea, Schinopsis haenkeana, Porlieria
microphylla.
Shrub 2 m. tall; stem yellow green, not viscid when
collected, but becoming so during drying. Flowers
yellow-green; fruit green.
Coll.: M. Nee 46628
30 Dec. 1995
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