Terminalia guaiquinimae Maguire & Exell

  • Authority

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

  • Family

    Combretaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Terminalia guaiquinimae Maguire & Exell

  • Description

    Latin Diagnosis - T. virgatae et T. opacifoliae similis; ramulis glabris vel glabrescentibus; laminis subcoriaceis, oblanceolatis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis; venis primariis prominentibus vel prominulis, retieulatis, glabris vel in vernatione puberulis, nee revolutis nee recurvatis; pedunculis sparse subpilosis; receptaculo inferiori villoso-piloso, lobis ealycis extus tenuiter pilosis intus dense villoso-pilosis. Fructus ad hue ignotus.

  • Discussion

    Figure 10.

    Type: virgate slender tree 5-12 m high, frequent, ridges and rocky places below Southeast Escarpment at 1600-1700 m altitude, Cerro Guaiquinima. Edo. Bolivar, Venezuela, Jan 7, 1952, Maguire 33008 (holotype NY. isotype BM).