Macairea aspera N.E.Br.

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Macairea aspera N.E.Br.

  • Collector(s)

    B. Maguire 23110 with D. B. Fanshawe, 30 Apr 1944

  • Location

    Guyana. Potaro-Siparuni. Kaieteur Plateau.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3214448

    Occurrence ID: 437f30f3-c7da-47a0-b757-792b2de144c7

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Macairea	^l*Tr	*	7)(
Monograph of Macairea—det. S. S. Renner, 198 £
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03214448........
British Guiana Forest Department - New York Botanical Garden
Plants of the Kaieteur Plateau, British Guiana
Macaf?ea°aspera N.E.Brown
Det. H.A.Gleason, 19#5
Common; shrub of lax growth to 2 m. high;
stems quadrangular, pubescence bronze-brown;
petals white, suffused with pink beneath; sta-
mens yellow; dominant shrub of bush islands,
Bassett Maguire savannas.
D. B. Fanshaw:	____________________Apr»< 1 *0,	1944
Expedition financed in part by aid from the American Philosophical
Society, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
and Mr. Pierre Jay
03214448