Terminalia virgata Maguire & Exell
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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
Combretaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Arbor virgata flexuosa 6-10 m alta, ramulis dense cineroo-villosis erassis 4-12 mm diam. Folia spiraliter ordinata±confcrta breviter petiolata, petiolo applanato crasso villoso-piloso, lamina coriacea oblonga, 5-8 X 3-4 cm, apice obtusa vel retusa, margine revoluta, basi obtusa vel subcordata. Flores 4 (5)-meri in spieas axillares subeapitatas vel elongatas 1.5 cm longas pedunculatas. pedunculo villoso 2.5-3.0 cm longo, dispositi. Receptaculum inferius (ovarium) dense cinereo-pilosum 4 (5)-angulatum. Fructus ca. 10 mm longus, oblongus sparse pilosulus 4 (5)-alatus, alis tenuibus ca. 2.5 mm latis.
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Discussion
Figure 10.
Type: slender virgate flexuous tree 6-10 m high, leaves thickly coriaceous and brittle, ridge near southeast escarpment at 1700 m altitude, Cerro Guaiquinima, Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela, Jan 7, 1952, Maguire 33000 (holotype NY. isotypes BM, VEX). Paratype: spindly virgate tree 5-12 m high, 5-8 cm diam., leaves coriaceous, strongly inrolled, frequent in open scrub savanna and ridges. North Valley at 1600-1700 m altitude, Jan 4, 1952, Maguire 32952 (BM, NY).