Abolboda grandis var. guayanensis Maguire

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.

• Family

  Xyridaceae

• Scientific Name

  Abolboda grandis var. guayanensis Maguire

• Description

  Latin Diagnosis - Folia vulgo 10-20, 20-50 cm longa, 15-20 mm lata; scapis 1-5, 5-10 dm altis, vulgo cum 3-4, rare 2 jugis vaginorum; spicis ovoideis vel subglobosis, 20-25 mm longis, 10-15-floris; sepalis 2, inaequilateralibus, aliquantum recurvatis, aoutis, valde carinatis, 12-16 mm longis; bracteis omnibus f ertilibus, ecarinatis, quam sepalis brevioribus; corollis ca. 2.5 cm longis, aliquantum irregularibus; antheris ca. 4 mm longis, sagittatis; ovariis elliptieo-oblongis; stylis ca. 15 mm longis, trigonis, acute angulatis; appendicibus 2, clavatis, reflexis, simplicibus, ca. 3 mm longis; stigmatibus 3-partitis, partibus 2.5 mm longis, fimbriatis; capsulis elliptico-compressis, ca. 8 mm longis; seminibus ca. 1.2 mm longis, oblique obovatis, fere 12-14-costatis.

• Discussion

  Type: leaves rather soft, in hummocks, flowers ephemeral, blue, frequent, open savannas, Campo Grande, Cerro Sipapo at 1500 m alt., Dec 8, 1948, Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela, Maguire & Politi 27561.