Genipa americana var. caruto f. jorgensenii Steyerm.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - A var caruto f caruto calyce hypanthioque extus dense tomentello recedit; bracteis extus dense strigillosis.
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Discussion
Type. In thickets, Villarrica, Paraguay, July 1931, Pedro Jorgensen 3694 (holotype NY).
Paratype. BRAZIL. Goias: 20 km S of Caiaponia, road to Jatai, Serra do Caiapó, 19 Oct 1964, Prance & Silva 59509.
In this variation of var caruto the calyx and hypanthium are densely tomentellose without, and the bracts are densely strigillose without. Also, the pedicels are more elongated, usually 15-35 mm long, and the upper surface of the corolla lobes is sparsely and shortly pubescent, as in other collections from Paraguay, noted above, with only a relatively short hirsutulous area in the basal portion.