Diodia teres subsp. prostrata var. prostrata f. leiocarpa Steyerm.

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.

• Family

  Rubiaceae

• Scientific Name

  Diodia teres subsp. prostrata var. prostrata f. leiocarpa Steyerm.

• Type

  Type. Savanna, 14 km from Barinas along road to Guanare, Estado Barinas, Venezuela, alt 200 m, 4 Sep 1964, corolla pale lilac, herb woody at the base, up to 50 cm tall, F. J. Breteler 4204.

• Description

  Latin Diagnosis - A Diodia teres subsp prostrata var prostrata f prostrata atque f latifolia fructibus plerumque glabris recedit; fructibus subglobosis 2.5-2.8 × 2.5 mm, coccis 2.8 × 3 mm omnino glabris vel apice pilis paucis erectis munitis; foliis plerumque 3.6-6 mm latis supra pilis 0.7-1.7 mm longis instructis; caulibus pilis elongatis patentibus ad 1.5-2 mm longis atque pilis brevioribus munitis.