Elizabetha macrostachya Benth.

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Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas,
Caracas, Venezuela &
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, USÀ
ELIZABETHA MACROSTACHY/^th.
det. Rupert Barneby, November 1978
VENEZUELA, Territorio Federal Amazonas.
San Carlos de Rio Negro, ca. 20 km S of confluence of Rio Negro
and Brazo Casiquiare: lat. 1°56'N. long. 67°03'W; altitude 119 m;
teÄsWraÄ'!' ca. 6 km NE of San Carlos
on Solano road. Tree, 12M high, 20cm DBH. All floral
pa*t.s deep blood red; perianth coriaceons, thick.
Fruit immature, blood red with velvety gold tomentum.
Bract strongly cucullate.
Howard L. Clark 5579	29 March 1978
03196785