Ilex lasseri Edwin
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.
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Family
Aquifoliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Oparuma woods, Kavanayen, Venezuela, 28 M a y 1946, Tobias Lasser 1827 (holotype NY).
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor subglabra, ramis, ramulis et virgis in siceo brunneis ad atrobrunneis panels capillis sparsis albis; laminis glabris coriaceis ad incrassatis coriaceis, marginibus integris revolutis, apice rotundatis aeutis vel obtusis, basibus attenuatis spathulatis vel raro subspathulatis omnino petiolis brevibus decurrentibus, in siceo supra lucide-viridis ad brunnescenti-viridis, subtus pallidis obscuris sufflavis viridis, punctatis, (5.5-)7.0-9.1 cm longis X 2.2-4.2 cm latis, obovatis, cuneatis obovatis vel aliquando elliptice-obovatis; petiolis glabris, incrassatissimis 3.8-5.0(-6.0) mm longis; [female]-floribus (ex fructu) probabiliter solitariis (solus unus vidi) 4-meris pedicellis ca. 2.3 cm longis glabris, calycis-lobis glabris; bacco drupis in siceo (et in vivo) roseis, laevis ovoideis ea. 7.0 mm longis X 4.0 mm diametro, stigmatis lobis confluentibus subcoronatis, mesocarpis largis, farinosis; pyrenis 4, trigonis dorsaliter unicanaliculatis, cristis marginibus, ea. 5.0-6.0 mm longis X 1.8 mm latis, subligneis, [male]- et [female]-floribus ignoti.