Ilex parvifructa Edwin

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1965. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 12 (3): 1-285.

• Family

  Aquifoliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Ilex parvifructa Edwin

• Type

  Type. Shrub or small tree, infrequent in woodland along watercourse, North Valley, alt. 1600-1700 m, Cerro Guaiquinima, Rio Paragua, Bolivar, Venezuela, 10-12 Jan 1952, Bassett Maguire 33091 (holotype US).

• Description

  Latin Diagnosis - Frutex vel arbor parva, ramis in siceo griseis nigris, ramulis et virgis atrobrunneis, pedunculis et pedicellis interdum puberulis capillis brevissimis vel subglabris (capillis sae])e versibus) ; laminis chartaceis ad tenue-coriaceis, marginibus integris, paulorevolutis, apice aeutis rarissimo subobtusis vel breviacuminatis, basibus euneatis ad aeutis, in siceo supra lucide viridis brunneis, subtus plerumque obscuris brunneis, epunctatis, 4.6-5.8 (-6.4) cm longis X (1.7-)2.2-2.6(-3.1) cm latis, plerumque obovatis, non nunquam ovatis; petiolis plerumque 7.6-9.1 mm longis, pauci longioribus, parvis vel non incrassatis; 5-floribus (ex fructu) solitariis, pedunculatis, pedunculis plerumque 1 X divisis pedicellis triplis, pedunculisca. 5.0-8.5 mm longis, puberulis, pedicellis 3.0-5.2 mm longis, puberulis; baccis drupis immaturis globosis, ca. 4.0 mm longis X 4.0 mm diametro, in siceo pallideo-brunneis viridis sublaevis, stigmatis magnis, discoide-capitatis, ex parte confluentibus 4-lobis, calycis 4-meris glabris lobis sparsis ciliolatis, aeutis, mesocarpis mediis, subglutinosis; pyrenis 4, immaturis sed manifeste dorsaliter 3(-5) striatulatis; stirpe [male]- et [female]-ignoti.