Mandevilla benthamii (A.DC.) K.Schum.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Guyana

• Locality

  Kako River on savanna near old farm.

• Coordinates

  5.71453, -60.632

• Distribution

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PLANTS OF THE GUIANAS
Apocynaceae
Mandevilla benthamii (A. DC.) K. Schum.
Det. C.L. Kelloff, III 2010
GUYANA. Kako River on savanna near old farm. 486 m 5°42'52.3"N
60°37'55.2"W. Bush island. Melastomataceae, Anacardiaceae, Ochnaceae,
Clusia. Shrub to 0.5m; white latex present. Leaves coriaceous.
Inflorescence axillary; calyx yellow-green; corolla with red tube, distally
orange, lobes reddish. Fruit 2-parted, blushed with red, seeds with brown
plumose aril. Silica sample.
K.J. Wurdack 4856	6 May 2009
With: K. Redden, C. Perry, E. Zimmerman, D. Hunter, T. Hunter & V.
Roland
Smithsonian Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield Program
U.S. National Herbarium (US)
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