Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax & K.Hoffm.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Guyana

• State/Province

  Cuyuni-Mazaruni

• Locality

  Omai, along Main Access Road between Essequibo R. and first clearing

• Elevation

  Alt. 30 - 60 m. (98 - 197 ft.)

• Coordinates

  5.43, -58.77

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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PLANTS OF THE GUIANAS
Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) Pax and K. Hoffm.
Det. LJ. Gillespie, 1989
GUYANA. Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region: Omai, along Main
Access Road between Essequibo R. and first
clearing. 5°26’N, 58°46’W. Elev. 30 - 60 m. Tall
evergreen forest on red laterite. Shrubby tree ±5
m; seeds black with red aril.
L.J. Gillespie 1489
With: H. Persaud
29 May 1989
SMITHSONIAN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF THE GUIANAS
PROJECT - U.S. NATIONAL HERBARIUM (US)
1489
Leaves shiny yellowish green, capsule red,
dehising along six sutures.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
03950410