Abolboda uniflora Maguire
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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
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Latin Diagnosis - Herbae perennes cum rhizomatibus brevibus et foliis numerosis dense rosulatis; foliis linearibus triquetris, laevibus, 2.0-3.5 cm longis, 0.8-1.5 mm latis, abrupte acutis, brevimucronulatis, basibus expansis sed non amplectantibus; scapo solitario 3-5 dm alto, 1.5-2.0 mm diam., cum 4-5-jugatis plus minusve aequaliter distantibus bracteis, subappositis vaginatis sterilibus, lanceolatis, ca. 2 cm longis, plurinervatis anguste scariosomarginatis; spiculis fusiformibus, terminalibus et solitariis vel etiam in axillis bractearum ultimarum vel penultimarum, floribus probabiliter eis A. paniculatae similibus.
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Discussion
Type: leaves grass-green; stems purple-brown as are bracts, around rills on rocky dry ridge-top, summit of Cerro Duida, Broeehinia Hill, at 1700-1980 m alt., Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela, Sept 1, 1944, titcj/rrmark 58169 (F, holotype, NY 2 sheets).
Known only by the type collection.