Abolboda ebracteata Maguire & Wurdack
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.
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Family
Xyridaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Herbae perennes rhizomate horizontali brevi; foliis primariis eonvolutis 6-12 cm longis, ca. 1 mm diam. (eonvolutis), basi vaginata, marginibus conspicue scariosis, apice abrupte obtuso, seta caduca instructis, foliis secondariis (vel juvenilibus) 1.5-2.5 cm longis; scapo solitario. 10-20 em longo, ad basim 3 vel 4 lineari-acuminatis subscariosis bracteis 1-3 cm longis subtento, aliter scapo ebracteato; spicis 3-4-floribus, 2 bracteis cephalaribus subtentis, exteriore ca. 15 mm longa et spicam exsuperanti, interiore ca. 10 mm longa et spicae subaequali, ambobus lancisubulatis, deorsum expansis et amplectantibus, sursum subulatis obtusis probabiliter seta caduca instructis; floribus vulgo 3; sepalis 2, 8-10 mm longis, setis instructis, exteriore 2-earinato; uorollis caeruleis; antheris 4-locularibus, sagittatis; stylo 3 (2) appendieibus simplicibus; capsulis seminibusque non visis.
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Discussion
Type : perennial herb with dark blue flowers, frequent in open marshy places, Yapaeanna Savanna III at 125 m alt., Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela, Dec 31, 1950, Maguire, Cowan d- Wurdack 30469 (holotype NY). Paratype: perennial herb, infrequent in marshy area, edge Yapacana Savanna III, March 17, 1953, Maguire cO Wurdack 34516.