Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Guyana

• State/Province

  Cuyuni-Mazaruni

• Locality

  Pakaraima Mtns; 1-4 km NW of Mt Ayanganna on outer toe slopes of mtn

• Elevation

  Alt. 800 - 1100 m. (2625 - 3609 ft.)

• Coordinates

  5.42, -60

• Distribution

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New York Botanical Garden
Sphyrospermum buxifolium Poepp. & Endl. s.l.
P. Pedraza-Penalosa & J. L. Luteyn, 2010
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PLANTS OF THE GUIANAS
Sphyrospermum cordifolium Bentham
Det. J.L. Luteyn, 1994
GUYANA. Region: Cuyuni-Mazaruni. Pakaraima Mtns; 1-4
km NW of Mt Ayanganna on outer toe slopes of mtn.
05°25’N, 60°00'W. Elev. 800 to 1100 m. Montane evrgm
forest, canopy to 35 m; Clusia, Lecythidaceae,
Arecaceae, Fabaceae, epiphyes abundant. Soils
sandstone derived. Fruit green ripening white. Growing
on rotten log.
Hoffman, B. 3314	9 November 1992
With: T. Henkel
SMITHSONIAN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE GUIANAS
PROGRAM - U.S. NATIONAL HERBARIUM (US)
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